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[Humberto Arocha <humbertoarocha@xxxxxxxxx>]

The thing here is Why are you that worry about closing on something that
has prove to be yet more a comercial success with its openness approach

Regards
On Feb 10, 2013 4:15 PM, "Jerzy Orłowski" <jerzy.orlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>  I think you miss one point. Getting the source code is not enough to use
> it. You still need the license from the author that allows you to republish
> the code, use it in your own own programs, etc.
>
> Is it possible to find a solution, where openerp and the core modules of
> openerp is open source, but OpenERP allows to build other modules with
> commercial licences? I'm not an expert in licenses but it all goes with the
> question about the nature of AGPL and licences compatibility.
>
> I am quite sure that it is possible to create a comercial software that
> would communicate with OpenERP via xml-rpc.
> But the question is, is it possible to create a closed-license OpenERP
> module.
>
> Assume that somebody writes an OpenERP module without copying a line of
> code from OpenERP AGPL licenced modules.
> I am quite sure that at this point you can licence it however you want and
> distribte it in any way you want.
>
> There are several important questions that have to be answered.
> 1. Can you distribute the module together with other OpenERP AGPL licenced
> modules?
> 2. Can anyone who bought  this module import it to OpenERP (Assuming that
> he or she uses it internally in his/hers company)?
> 3. If a company A who bought this module shows the system to company B,
> can company B ask company A to show him/her the source code of this module
> because of OpenERP AGPL license?
> 4. If a company A who bought this module shows the system to company B and
> company C gets info that such module exists, can company C ask for the
> source code ot the module?
> 5. If answers for the questions 3 or 4 is "Yes", can the license in the
> module forbid the company B or C to use the code, publish, sell, change,
> incorporate any programs?
> 6. If answer for the question 5 is "Yes", can you distribute a "dirty"
> version of the code, for example with names of the variables chanded, with
> no comments, with all xml, yaml, rml, css files taken out.
>
> I think that if we answer these five questions we will get the answer,
> whether it is possible to create any "sellable" OpenERP modules.
>
> Does anyone have any answers to any of the these question.
>
> W dniu 09.02.2013 15:52, Christophe Hanon pisze:
>
>  It means for me what it means for many licences authors : software is
> distributed with the source code. As explained for example in  GPL, AGP
> licences.****
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> Christophe****
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> *From:* Alberto BARRIONUEVO [mailto:abarrio@xxxxxxxxxxx<abarrio@xxxxxxxxxxx>]
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> *Sent:* 07 February 2013 10:49
> *To:* Christophe Hanon
> *Cc:* Arun Venkat; Luc De Meyer; 'Bertrand Hanot'; 'Nabil Majoul';
> 'Serpent Consulting Services'; openerp-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> Partners@xxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: OpenERP: [Openerp-community] Partners Collaboration Model**
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> Hi Christophe,
>
> El 06/02/13 12:17, Christophe Hanon escribió: ****
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>  So I think more quality modules will be published the day publishers can
> get a minimal fee for their code.****
>
> This is not incompatible with open-source - see the joomla extensions web
> site. Free and commercial are equally published but all in open-source.  *
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> What means "open-source" for you?
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