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Thanks for posting, I'm the creator of Mayan EDMS and while stealing Open Source software sounds like and oxymoron, it can and it does happen. In some cases is

Thanks for posting, I'm the creator of Mayan EDMS and while stealing Open Source software sounds like and oxymoron, it can and it does happen. In some cases is just avoidance of the terms set in the license in other cases, such in the case of Mayan EDMS they are just plain and blatantly selling the code under another name!

rll 14y ago
Then you should have chosen a license that doesn't explicitly allow that. Like the previous poster said, this is perfectly fine under the GPL as long as they provide the source code and since it is in Python I assume that they do.
- siloraptor 14y ago
  There are several ways to compile Python. But point taken, will think about drafting a specific license to avoid situations like this in the future.
- rll 14y ago
  It sounds a bit like you didn't actually want to open source this code at all. Open Source isn't, "Look, I am giving away my hard work for free." Open Source means you give people the opportunity to build on top of your work. This is how things evolve. If everyone has to start from square one every time they have an idea for improving something they use it would slow everything down. And yes, it means you will effectively end up competing with your own code for mindshare and users, but presumably that doesn't frighten you. As long as they abide by the terms of the license and let others to the same they are in the same boat. If someone else does a better job improving the code, marketing it, providing support, etc. more power to them. Chances are if your version is the best supported contributions will flow back to you. I personally prefer BSD-style licenses. I don't mind commercial competition at all.
  - siloraptor 14y ago
    And I give the people the freedom to do with the code as they please, as long as they follow the terms of the license. And I don't mind commercial competition, in fact I promote it right in the website: http://rosarior.github.com/mayan/support.html http://rosarior.github.com/mayan/support.html
dudeanon842 14y ago
My guess is that Mayan EDMS is way more popular than all the other forks, so you probably don't need to worry about it so much. I'll also chime in to say thanks for making open source software, I know I really appreciate it.

rll 14y ago

Then you should have chosen a license that doesn't explicitly allow that. Like the previous poster said, this is perfectly fine under the GPL as long as they provide the source code and since it is in Python I assume that they do.

siloraptor 14y ago
There are several ways to compile Python. But point taken, will think about drafting a specific license to avoid situations like this in the future.
rll 14y ago
It sounds a bit like you didn't actually want to open source this code at all. Open Source isn't, "Look, I am giving away my hard work for free." Open Source means you give people the opportunity to build on top of your work. This is how things evolve. If everyone has to start from square one every time they have an idea for improving something they use it would slow everything down. And yes, it means you will effectively end up competing with your own code for mindshare and users, but presumably that doesn't frighten you. As long as they abide by the terms of the license and let others to the same they are in the same boat. If someone else does a better job improving the code, marketing it, providing support, etc. more power to them. Chances are if your version is the best supported contributions will flow back to you. I personally prefer BSD-style licenses. I don't mind commercial competition at all.
- siloraptor 14y ago
  And I give the people the freedom to do with the code as they please, as long as they follow the terms of the license. And I don't mind commercial competition, in fact I promote it right in the website: http://rosarior.github.com/mayan/support.html http://rosarior.github.com/mayan/support.html

dudeanon842 14y ago

My guess is that Mayan EDMS is way more popular than all the other forks, so you probably don't need to worry about it so much. I'll also chime in to say thanks for making open source software, I know I really appreciate it.