[nylug-talk] The future of Zimbra after Microsoft's bid for Yahoo!

[Joshua Zeidner]

On Feb 4, 2008 4:47 PM, Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 05:44:34PM -0500, George Bourozikas wrote:
> > On Monday 04 February 2008 15:57:39 Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> > [...]
> > >   As for Zimbra, they will construct a pathway for users to convert to
> > > Exchange.  Theyll scoop up as many users as possible and dump the
> > > stubborn ones.  Isn't the point of adopting OSS to prevent this
> > > situation?
> >
> > That's what I would expect
> >
> > >   note: YPL has *not* been approved by the OSI.
> > >    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
> > >
> > >   Zimbra's YPL license page:
> > >    http://www.zimbra.com/license/yahoo_public_license_1.0.html
> > >
> > >   There is also the Zimbra license, and its realtionship to the
> > > product at this point is unclear to me, as is probably the intention
> > > of the managers at Zimbra.  Oops its not Open Source after all!  "We
> > > call it /open sourcesque/..."
> >
> > Like others said (and I agree) OSI-approved licensing is irrelevant if there
> > aren't enough developers interested in a product, in which case corporate
> > sponsorship is what is needed.
> >
> OSI approval aside, corporate sponsorship is only useful with a Free Software
> lisense...otherwise it is still slaveware.
>
> Ruben

  Well I think we've emerged from the 'pseudo-open source' wave of
projects and now the general public knows to get a kosher OSS license
or you don't have open source.  Users who didn't watch the legal
slight-of-hand with Zimbra will pay the price.  OSI appears to be
doing its job at this time but perhaps it will be infiltrated by the
forces of Babylon in the near future.  :)

  Slaveware, huh?  Did you know that copyright was invented in Egypt?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartouche

  enjoying your creative spelling,

   -jmz