May 5th, 2008
SpringSource recently announced the Spring Aplication Platform, and this announcement is generating a lot of fuss. Google has recently launched the Google App Engine. From an Java enterprise developers point of view it is shamelessly easy to use, deploy, etc. Well, unfortunately it only takes Python apps for now, but it is stated that there [...]
April 29th, 2008
Tags:
gpl,
gwt,
oss | Category:
GWT,
open source |
I really believe that switching to GPL did more harm then good. A forum thread of more than 50 pages is no good sign…
It is quite hard to tell how GPL works for web applications. Does sending html/css/javascript code to a browser mean I am conveying the application to the user?
What is the application in [...]
April 27th, 2008
Just came across this one:
It has always been the FSF’s position that dynamically linking applications to libraries creates a single work derived from both the library code and the application code. The GPL requires that all derivative works be licensed under the GPL, an effect which can be described as “hereditary.” So, if an application [...]
April 27th, 2008
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gpl,
gwt,
oss | Category:
Uncategorized |
Maybe some of you already visited the project homepage of MyGWT in the last days. Yes, MyGWT is gone. The project got finally “moved” to the extjs project, something that was announced long ago.
I was surprised to see GXT getting GPLed. Or better, dual licensed. There is the open source license (GPL), and there is [...]