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[Ngoc Thanh Nguyen <thanh.hispvietnam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Bob and Calle for the great info and interpretation.

@Calle you know so well about Foss though you were many years with MS
Thanh
On Nov 2, 2014 4:08 AM, "Calle Hedberg" <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We've always used the so called "Lesser GPL" license for 1.x version of
> the DHIS - this also allows any type of derivate software (including
> commercial ones) AS LONG AS THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE REMAIN FOSS AND THE
> ORIGINAL SOFTWARE IS PACKAGED WITH THE LICENSE.
>
> So the reference to "cannot be used for commercial purposes" refers to the
> original software, not significant derivatives. We've never had a problem
> with any commercial entity trying to "hi-jack" the software, though, and I
> think it is a very unlikely scenario - and even less likely with DHIS2
> because by now every potential customer/user knows it's FOSS.
>
> What IS possible at some stage is that a commercial software company would
> develop some sophisticated add-on package and sell that - we've seen a
> number of those with e.g. PostgreSQL, for instance. And we don't have a
> problem with that.
>
> Regards
> Calle
>
>
>
> On 1 November 2014 18:41, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Agree this is a bit confusing.  I am assuming you read this here:
>> http://hisp.org/html/policies.htm#terms
>>
>> This is actually the HISP South Africa web site and it looks like these
>> are conditions which they are applying to the dhis 1.4 software.  Given
>> that they now also support v2 they should really update this.  I think it
>> reflects some previous reality.
>>
>> It has no effect on the dhis2 software which you download from dhis2.org.
>>
>> On 1 November 2014 16:22, Ngoc Thanh Nguyen <thanh.hispvietnam@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> DHIS2 is licensed as BSD which means that one can customize,
>>> redistribute, and use it for any purposes (commercial or non-commercial)
>>> given that the BSD copyright text are retained.
>>>
>>> However, in HISP website it says that materials (include software) on
>>> the website can not be used for commercial or non-commercial purpose.
>>>
>>> Is it a conflict?
>>>
>>> 2. Use License
>>>
>>> a. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the
>>> materials (information or software) on HISP's web site for personal,
>>> non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not
>>> a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
>>>
>>>    - modify or copy the materials;
>>>    - use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public
>>>    display (commercial or non-commercial);
>>>    - attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on
>>>    HISP's web site;
>>>    - remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the
>>>    materials; or
>>>    - transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials
>>>    on any other server.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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