On Friday 16 May 2008 10:12:13 Jeff Forsyth wrote:
> Ok....  I've got to follow up on this post...
> 
> NonCommercial....you may not use the work in a manner primarily
> directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation.
> So, as I read this, OX may not be installed on a private corp website
> by an IT consultant without paying for the full version.
I'm working in a company, installing OX6 in the context of IT services/consultancy.

That was a question i asked before going this way to OX guys and in this context (providing consultancy services around OX) is considered "no commercial" by them.

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the important point is here:
"We view the performance of professional services as a NONCOMMERCIAL INTERNAL use of the digital content and it is allowed"

frederic.

> 
> Sounds like a very limited beta program.
> 
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Carsten Hoeger
> <choeger at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 15, jonr at destar.net wrote:
> >
> >> I am trying to figure out which of these versions I want to install but am
> >> having a hard time fingering it out.
> >>
> >> Are Hyperion and Hymalia both GPL or just Hyperion? If so, is there source
> >> for both?
> >
> > Hymalia is the base for the OX5 product, which is in maintenance-only mode
> > now.
> >
> > Hyperion is the successor of Hymalia and the base of our current products (OX
> > HE, OX EE) and of course it is also what we call our Community Edition.
> >
> > Unlike with OX5, almost the complete code is licensed under GPL.
> >
> >
> > The exception, the web gui is licensed under
> > Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Generic.
> > That's the same license, that is also used by the http://www.opensource.org/
> > homepage.
> > The reason for this license is, that we developed this gui together with our
> > customers and partners, who did quite some investments into it. Even though
> > they payed us to develop the code, we are still able to open the source to the
> > public, just with the "limitation" of the CC license, see
> >
> > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
> >
> >
> > You are free:
> >
> >      to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
> >
> >      to Remix — to adapt the work
> >
> > Under the following conditions:
> >
> >      Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the
> >      author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse
> >      you or your use of the work).
> >
> >      Attribute this work:
> >      What does "Attribute this work" mean?
> >      The page you came from contained embedded licensing metadata, including
> >      how the creator wishes to be attributed for re-use. You can use the HTML
> >      here to cite the work. Doing so will also include metadata on your page
> >      so that others can find the original work as well.
> >
> >      Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
> >
> >      Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may
> >      distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to
> >      this one.
> >
> >> From what I have read it looks like Hyperion is GPL and scales better than
> >> Hymalia.
> >
> > Exactly.
> >
> >> My goal is to install everything from source but I only want a fully GPL'ed
> >> version.
> >
> > What is your reason to insist on GPL?
> >
> >
> > --
> > With best regards,
> >
> > Carsten Hoeger
> >
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