Archive for April 15th, 2009
BlazeDS LGPL V3 clearing up the confusion
I have had several questions on using BlazeDS in applications, and hence decided to create a post that addresses some of the confusion.
The Free Software Foundations GPLv3 and LGPLv3 are popular licenses, but each comes with associated risks. Since it is possible for source code under either of these to cross the boundary into your own code, every company must have their own policies when it comes to using or including GPL and LGPL software into their own offerings.
BlazeDS is distributed under a LGPL V3 license. You should check your company policy of using a GPL or LGPL software license in your product. For some companies a closed souce license may work better. Adobe offers a closed source license, which includes support and platform certification, for BlazeDS. Please contact Garen Ingleby if this is of interest to you.
BlazeDS is only supported by the community through the discussion forums. This may not be a problem for many of you, but in several cases it would be worthwhile to use open source code that is backed by Enterprise support and Platform Certification. Adobe goes through a rigorous testing and platform certification process that enables us to offer enterprise support and platform certification. Sorry for the confusion, but the support and platform certification is called “LiveCycle Data Service Community Edition” You can purchase this directly from Adobe.com for roughly $4K. Follow this link for more details.
Upcoming Changes
We understand that many of you are looking for exceptional value when it comes to BlazeDS and LC DS. We are working on a proposal internally to address just that. Watch out, I will post more details as we finalize this proposal.
