Comments on: SugarCRM goes GPLv3 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2007/07/26/sugarcrm-goes-gplv3/ open source software innovation support centre Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sugarcrm vs vtiger http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2007/07/26/sugarcrm-goes-gplv3/comment-page-1/#comment-119902 sugarcrm vs vtiger Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:52:00 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2007/07/26/sugarcrm-goes-gplv3/#comment-119902 could also work for vtiger ? :) could also work for vtiger ? :)

]]> By: OSS Watch team blog » Blog Archive » OSI approves new attribution-centric licence http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2007/07/26/sugarcrm-goes-gplv3/comment-page-1/#comment-92 OSS Watch team blog » Blog Archive » OSI approves new attribution-centric licence Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:58:34 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2007/07/26/sugarcrm-goes-gplv3/#comment-92 [...] SugarCRM goes GPLv3 [...] [...] SugarCRM goes GPLv3 [...]

]]> By: Stuart Yeates http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2007/07/26/sugarcrm-goes-gplv3/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Stuart Yeates Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:31:26 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2007/07/26/sugarcrm-goes-gplv3/#comment-91 Article corrected. Thanks for pointing that out. Article corrected. Thanks for pointing that out.

]]> By: Ross Gardler http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2007/07/26/sugarcrm-goes-gplv3/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Ross Gardler Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:45:25 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2007/07/26/sugarcrm-goes-gplv3/#comment-90 Actually, this move by SugarCRM is even more significant. The upcoming release (not the current release) will be made available under the GPLv3. The current release is not open source. It is available under a community licence, not the GPLv2 as stated in this post, Sugar described this as "Sugar Open Source". The Open Source Initiative always maintained that SugarCRM was not open source. At this time the GPLv3 licence is not approved by the OSI. Consequently, Sugar is still not open source. However, the OSI are currently considering the GPLv3 for certification and it is hard to see why they would reject it, it is merely a matter of giving the community and the legal teams time to evaluate the licence. This move by Sugar sees them finally coming to terms with the fact that it is far better for a company to adopt a recognised open source licence if they want to engage with the developer community. Actually, this move by SugarCRM is even more significant.

The upcoming release (not the current release) will be made available under the GPLv3. The current release is not open source. It is available under a community licence, not the GPLv2 as stated in this post, Sugar described this as “Sugar Open Source”. The Open Source Initiative always maintained that SugarCRM was not open source.

At this time the GPLv3 licence is not approved by the OSI. Consequently, Sugar is still not open source. However, the OSI are currently considering the GPLv3 for certification and it is hard to see why they would reject it, it is merely a matter of giving the community and the legal teams time to evaluate the licence.

This move by Sugar sees them finally coming to terms with the fact that it is far better for a company to adopt a recognised open source licence if they want to engage with the developer community.

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