I don't understand all the fuzz. It is a commercial fork of Mayan EDMS done with the express permission of the core developmers of Mayan EDMS. https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64
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#12I don't understand all the fuzz about the "open" part, the licensing, or the price. It's a commercial fork or the Apache licensed Mayan EDMS done with the approval of the Mayan folks.
https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=64
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing
Apparently not the first paid fork of Mayan EDMS
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mayan-edms/paid|s...
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#13Found another post from the creator's of Mayan regarding commercial forks.
"Commercial involvement with Mayan is not a problem at all, it is encouraged and the license was changed a while back from GPL to Apache 2.0 to be more commercial friendly."
"Forking and doing specialized versions is not bad and I encourage it, it is the way FLOSS projects grow. If a feature can then be added upstream, we do so, if not, it is made into a 3rd party app or sub project (http://www.mayan-edms.com/ecosystem/)."
"In this case Ranjith offers a customized version with features that we have not been able to included because they are very specific to him and his clients."
"On the other hand was Ranjith is doing is perfectly OK since there is no copyright violation and the terms of the license are being followed. The work he is putting into his fork of Mayan is helping the software get into other markets where the upstream version might not have been a choice. We've been talking and we are looking into backporting some of the more general work he's done in his fork."
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mayan-edms/D4GdfFG6khM/OhAf9...
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#14Found another post from the creator's of Mayan regarding commercial forks. "Commercial involvement with Mayan is not a problem at all, it is encouraged and the license was changed a while back from GPL to Apache 2.0 to be more commercial friendly." "Forking and doing specialized versions is not bad and I encourage it, it is the way FLOSS projects grow. If a feature can then be added upstream, we do so, if not, it is…
This was regarding a specialized version done for the Indian market in 2016.
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#15The license is clear and can be read without buying the product. It is right before the shopping cart. Cookie cutter template regarding warranties, liability, indemnification, limitations, etc. Pretty standard when you buy a license for any software.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
because hosting and maintain a website costs money, it's an opensource procect, meaning you can host it on your own (for free).
That still doesn't explain what the licence is for. It says "After completing the checkout, you will receive an email containing your product key and installation instructions." So, its still an installed version. I love how everyone is champing at the bit "oh its on GitHub look you're just stupid its open source" when you have no fucking idea what the licence is for either.
"how everyone is champing at the bit"
"you're just stupid its open source"
Nobody has said that. You asked a questions, got answers. Don't make it personal.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
because hosting and maintain a website costs money, it's an opensource procect, meaning you can host it on your own (for free).
That still doesn't explain what the licence is for. It says "After completing the checkout, you will receive an email containing your product key and installation instructions." So, its still an installed version. I love how everyone is champing at the bit "oh its on GitHub look you're just stupid its open source" when you have no fucking idea what the licence is for either.
Incivility will get you banned here, so please edit any of that out of what you post.
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#18I'm happy to announce that Open Paperless has been acquired by Mayan EDMS!
Mayan EDMS is the project upon which Open Paperless is built on. We are now an official Mayan EDMS product!
For more details regarding the acquisition head over to the official announcement https://forum.mayan-edms.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69