Begin forwarded message: > From: "Thomas Bernitt" <thom-ber(a)gmx.net> > Date: August 23, 2004 9:15:25 AM CEST > To: smallwiki(a)iam.unibe.ch > Cc: stéphane ducasse <ducasse(a)iam.unibe.ch> > Subject: Re: About running Wiki on VWNC > > Hi > > I was on vacation the last weeks and now I tried to find a more > concrete > answer and I want to add another yes-no-question: > > -If a company wants to run VW on a server for internal use, and want > to > develope additional smallwiki-functionality, do I need to pay or not? > > We had talks on the cebit this year with cincom to put this question > to them > - and the answer we got was 'yes, you have to pay'. In this case we > has to > pay a developer license at great expense. > > This topic demands a conclusion! > > Thanks > > Thomas > > >> Hi james >> >>> Hmm, isn't that a contradiction: >>> >>> "If a company wants to run VW on a server for internal use, then >>> they >>> would need a license. " >>> >>> and >>> >>> "So, if you put SmallWiki under an Open Source license, you would >>> also >>> be ok on usage." >>> >>> Let's try simple yes/no questions ;-) >>> >>> - If I run Smallwiki on our company server for internal use, do I >>> need >>> to pay or not? >>> >>> - If I run Smallwiki on our company server for internal and >>> external >>> use as the wiki for an OpenSource project, do I need to pay or not? >>> >>> - If I run Smallwiki on our company server for internal and >>> external >>> use as the wiki for a commercial project, do I need to pay or not? >>> >>> I hate these kind of questions too and I appreciate your effort in >>> trying to answer them! >> >> I want to know too because we are developing software which is >> open-source and can be used by companies and I think that the >> position >> of cincom should be clear for all of us. >> >> You wrote: "It really depends. I explicitly open sourced >> BottomFeeder, >> and I'm not making money off it. So, if you put SmallWiki under an >> Open Source license, you would also be ok on usage. It would be >> unsupported by Cincom, but I suspect that's not really an issue >> here." >> >> SmallWiki is open source but I do not understand what is unsupported >> here? >> >> Thanks > >