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Re: Licence of version 9.0 modules
by
Landis Arnold
+1 AGPL
+1 OCA
Landis Arnold
Boulder CO USA
From: anthony@mindmedia.com.sg
To: "Contributors" <contributors@odoo-community.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 11:07:53 PM
Subject: Re: Licence of version 9.0 modules
To: "Contributors" <contributors@odoo-community.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 11:07:53 PM
Subject: Re: Licence of version 9.0 modules
+1 Quoting Frederik Kramer <frederik.kramer@initos.com>: > Hi all, > i think this issue can't be discussed enough since it is crucial to the > core values of the OCA. Although, both licenses are open source, there > is a huge difference between AGPL and LGPL, whereas AGPL is a strong > copyleft license and LGPL is a week copyleft one. > Having said so, given the architecture of Odoo you could built fairly > few and minor things on top of a couple of hundred Odoo modules which > are LGPL licensed and built an entirely proprietary product with just > one proprietary module and a few lines of code and if you just used the > LGPL as is, you would be perfectly fine. > The tendency for that is already happening since the very moment the > base modules of Odoo have been put under LGPL. I personally don't think > that this will solve any of the problems of our customers that may at > some point have or will decide to move from proprietary products to open > ecosystem such as Odoo but it will only shift the scope of the entirety > of the ecosystem to trying to monetize a sample of modules and create > what i often call vendor lock-in 2.0 just by attracting and locking in > some fools. > The "degree of openness" (given the actual AGPL standard in the OCA > modules) and the very fact that there are strong technology partners > around the globe helps the ecosystem to flourish by shareing, not the > ability to built contemporary lock-ins. Most of the successful OCA Odoo > partners are successful because they help their customers to transform > their businesses into digitalized business, hence fueling the digital > transformation. > So i think the lock-in of every OCA member and user shall be solely the > knowledge / expertise / processes and reputation he or she has built > over time. An no, i am not one of the RMS kind of folks, saying that > strong copyleft is always the one and only solution. > So long, kind regards and sorry for the long statement, that some may > oppose against
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