From be3504079060dd4777ddc4eeb71992e88b9f87e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joonas Lehtinen Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:41:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Making license guidelines clearer based on Samis comments svn changeset:516/svn branch:toolkit --- licensing-guidelines.html | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/licensing-guidelines.html b/licensing-guidelines.html index 52919c5a60..414f350ba4 100644 --- a/licensing-guidelines.html +++ b/licensing-guidelines.html @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Licensing in nutshell: contact us for OEM-license tailored for your needs. -

When I can use IT Mill Toolkit for free?

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Using IT Mill Toolkit for free

Application development is complitely free. Furthermore, you can deploy the developed application for testing and validation at the development time.

@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ the developed application for testing and validation at the development time.

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When I must obtain a commercial license?

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Commercial use

A commercial license must be obtained for production use of the -applications that use IT Mill Toolkit libraries. Free and low-cost license -alternatives for limited number of concurrent users are available.

+applications that use IT Mill Toolkit libraries.

A deployment license is required for each deployed copy of a program that uses Toolkit library. To be more exact, each Java Virtual @@ -40,6 +39,10 @@ unique deployment license. For example, if the program is deployed to multiple servers (for load balancing or other reasons), each server needs an unique license.

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If the number of server installations is so high that separate deployment +licenses are not an option, please contact sales +to hear about OEM licensing options.

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Purchasing Commercial License

Deployment licenses can be purchased online from IT Mill Ltd.

License terms

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The actual legal license text is in license.txt.

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The actual legal license text is in license.pdf.

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License files?

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License files

Technically license is stored as itmill-toolkit-license.xml -file, that is usually store in WEB-INF -directory of the web-application. The license file @@ -60,16 +63,23 @@ contains information about the scope and limitations of the lisence in fairly re form, so you might want to check the file contents. Toolkit package is shipped with unlimited license for development and testing purposes.

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Open Source Edition?

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Free unlimited development license +license-file is included in product package in +lib -directory

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Open Source Edition

The previous version 3 of the product was called Millstone User Interface Library. -Millstone library was licensed with very liberal LGPL-license. The new version 4 of -the library, is not licensed with open source license. The latest free release of +Millstone library was licensed with very liberal LGPL-license. The latest free release of Millstone User Interface Library (version 3.1) can still be found from sourceforge.

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The new version 4 of the library, now called IT Mill Toolkit, is not licensed with +an open source license. This does not mean that the sources are closed, source code is +included in the product package for your convenience.

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Why did we change the license? Putting a clear transparent pricing model on the product makes our customers decision-making easier. They know how much they are -paying for and what whey get for their money.

+paying for and that they can expect commercial grade quality product for their money.

Educational use

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