Re: powerEXT - Clarifications from the author -- WEB400

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From: Aaron Bartell
If I am understanding you right, you aren't saying it is bad

I'm not sure what you mean by "it", but if "it" refers to the difference between the rights granted by contributors to Zend, vs the rights granted by Zend to the public - my concern is not that one is good and the other bad.

you are just curious to know if they are different ...

To me, the differences are obvious, and remarkably in Zend's favor. But to the average consumer - they never read license agreements - they just click the <Accept> button.

and if there might be some hidden agenda?

My concern is that open-source consumers generally think they are are given:

PERPETUAL, WORLDWIDE, NON-EXCLUSIVE, NO-CHARGE, ROYALTY-FREE, IRREVOCABLE COPYRIGHT LICENSE ...

Promoters and publishers capitalize on that perception. But in reality consumers are given:

Copyright (c) 2005-2009, XYZ, Inc.
All rights reserved.

So that if XYZ, Inc. believes it may be in their interest to terminate a license, or start charging a fee, they are not impeded by their licenses.

Nathan.

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