[Zope-CMF] Re: Plone-CMF

[Erik Lange]

At 05:24 PM 9/29/02, Magnus Heino wrote:

> > > > > I feel you own it to this community, to tell that what you're 
> actually
> > > > > doing with Plone, is that you're forking the CMF to make it into your
> > > > > own commercial product... when was it you said you're closing the 
> code
> > > > > ? At 1.0 final ? Or have you changed strategy on this one too ?
> > > >
> > > > Is this true? I never heard about that. I always thought that plone
> > > > will stay open source.
> > > >
> > > > Am I going the wrong way?
> > >
> > >No. You have nothing to worry about. Plone will never be more closed
> > >than what Zope is today.
> > >
> > > > But what will I do in one or two years, when plone is closed source?
> > > >
> > > > Could you please shed some light on this?
> > >
> > >Erik, once again, doesn't know what he's talking about.
> >
> > It was just what Alan told us a few month back - Alan, have you changed
> > your mind or have you forgotten to inform your developers ?
>
>It was not.
>
>http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=1886015
>
>Where in this mail do you find anything that says "forking the CMF" and
>"closing the code"?
>
>All it talks about is the ability to license future releases of plone
>under a similar license that Zope Corporation is using for Zope, the
>ZPL.

Nope - it was in a private mail to one of our developers...


>And even if Alan wants to fork the CMF and create a commercial
>product... who cares? Good luck, is what I would say. This is what open
>source is all about. If you don't like it, well, change it.
>
>Please get to know the facts before you start screaming. At least quote
>or post references.

I don't have any problem with Plone forking the CMF - we've stopped using 
it for many reasons, but be me guest.

I would just find it polite to be open about it...

Regards,
Erik