Re: PowerExt (www.PowerExt.com)

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your insights, Jon.  FWIW, I empathize with Henrik in this case more than IBM, and generally support products that run under the native virtual machine.

Nathan.

----- Original Message ----
From: Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 11:42:18 AM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] PowerExt (www.PowerExt.com)

I think if it was a problem he could rewrite the required bits without  
too much effort.  I think he did it this way so that existing CGIDEV2  
apps could be extended to use the new functionality - much the same as  
Renaissance have done with their stuff.

I suspect IBM would never bother going after anyone - the major reason  
for the copyright notices has to do with not wanting to accept  
responsibility for others modifications etc.  There are other reasons  
but I just don't think anyone there cares enough about it or they'd  
have done more with the poor little orphan than they have. Doesn't  
Giovanni distribute a version that is different from the iBM one?


Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com



On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:00 PM, web400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> My biggest question is whether IBM will go along with them  
> distributing CGIDEV2 with powerExt?  On one hand IBM provides a free  
> license to CGIDEV2, and source.  But maintains their exclusive  
> copyright statements in source headers on the other.