[jdev] Use Question

[Stanczak Group]

I already sent the email off a couple days ago.

Matt Tucker wrote:
> Justin,
>
> Wildfire is dual-licensed, which means we offer it under the GPL as well
> as a commercial license. That's why we're able to offer the Wildfire
> Enterprise plugin commercially. 
>
> If you have any questions about writing commercial Wildfire plugins,
> please ping us directly by email. If you decide to release as Open
> Source, everything is pretty straightforward and there's quite an active
> Open Source community.
>
> Regards,
> Matt 
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jdev-bounces at jabber.org 
>> [mailto:jdev-bounces at jabber.org] On Behalf Of Stanczak Group
>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:08 PM
>> To: Jabber software development list
>> Subject: Re: [jdev] Use Question
>>
>> See that's where I don't completely understand. First let me 
>> say I'm ok either way. I can release whatever I make under 
>> GPL. You say embed, but the site says plugins. So I guess my 
>> question is, if I develop a plugin to Wildfire does it have 
>> to be released, or can it be commercial? At first I was 
>> thinking how can Jive develop plugins and offer commercial 
>> plugins, yet other developers can't? But then again it is 
>> authored by Jive, so I guess that's what makes it ok? I'm not 
>> very good with all that stuff so I may just be not 
>> understanding. I'll give that stuff a read. My idea was to 
>> develop a client and plugin that goes on the Wildfire server. 
>> Not sure if I'd charge or opensource it, but I still wanted 
>> to know my options.
>>
>> Matt Tucker wrote:
>>     
>>> Justin,
>>>
>>> There are no plans to move Wildfire from GPL to LGPL or 
>>>       
>> Apache. It's 
>>     
>>> pretty important for our Open Source business model that 
>>>       
>> we're able to 
>>     
>>> charge organizations that embed Wildfire into their commercial apps 
>>> (and hence purchase a commercial license agreement from us).
>>>
>>> If you're interested in reading about our Open Source 
>>>       
>> philosophy, see:
>>     
>>> http://www.jivesoftware.org/about.jsp
>>>
>>> Also, a fairly recent and relevant blog entry from us:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> http://jivesoftware.com/blog/2006/10/09/open-source-business-model-cha
>>     
>>> pt
>>> er-2/
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: jdev-bounces at jabber.org
>>>> [mailto:jdev-bounces at jabber.org] On Behalf Of Stanczak Group
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:01 PM
>>>> To: Jabber software development list
>>>> Subject: Re: [jdev] Use Question
>>>>
>>>> I see you're a Jive person, will Jive be releasing Wildfire under 
>>>> LGPL or Apache some time?
>>>>
>>>> Matt Tucker wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Justin,
>>>>>
>>>>> XMPP isn't perfect for everything of course, and you didn't
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> provide a
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> lot of detail about your use case. Delivering content and live 
>>>>> interaction sounds like a very good fit, though. A few things you 
>>>>> might be interested in checking out:
>>>>>
>>>>> Overview of XMPP:
>>>>> http://www.jivesoftware.com/whitepapers/jive_xmpp_wp.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>> Pubsub Article: http://www.jivesoftware.org/articles/pubsub.jsp
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Matt
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: jdev-bounces at jabber.org
>>>>>> [mailto:jdev-bounces at jabber.org] On Behalf Of Stanczak Group
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 8:22 AM
>>>>>> To: Jabber software development list
>>>>>> Subject: [jdev] Use Question
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My only question would be what weaknesses does XMPP 
>>>>>>             
>> have. I would 
>>     
>>>>>> like to deliver lots of content as well as live interaction. I'm 
>>>>>> looking at using Wildfire and Smack, with XStream probably. Any 
>>>>>> advice would be great. I'm pretty open.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Justin Stanczak
>>>>>> Stanczak Group
>>>>>> 812-735-3600
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that 
>>>>>>             
>> good men do 
>>     
>>>>>> nothing."
>>>>>> Edmund Burke
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>           
>>>> --
>>>> Justin Stanczak
>>>> Stanczak Group
>>>> 812-735-3600
>>>>
>>>> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do 
>>>> nothing."
>>>> Edmund Burke
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>   
>>>       
>> --
>> Justin Stanczak
>> Stanczak Group
>> 812-735-3600
>>
>> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good 
>> men do nothing."
>> Edmund Burke
>>
>>
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-- 
Justin Stanczak
Stanczak Group
812-735-3600

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Edmund Burke