http://lions.teledyn.com/node/519 Comments for "Open-Xchange goes GPL" en http://lions.teledyn.com/node/519 <p>You can start your countdown to breaking free from MsExchange: NewsForge reports today on a LinuxWorld announcement that NetLine's Open-Xchange Server, the engine behind Novell/SUSE's Openexchange Server, will be released under the <acronym title="GNU General Public License">GPL</acronym> by the end of August. So why would a top-selling Linux-based collaboration kit choose to give it all away?</p> <blockquote><p>"The main reason for <span class="caps">GPL</span>ing Open-Xchange Server is the speed of innovation we expect to get back from the community" </p> </p></blockquote> <p>For example, while there are no connectors to bridge Open-XChange to other free-software office ware such as the <span class="caps">KDE</span> Kontact, this is <em>free</em> software -- someone with that itch to scratch is bound to cobble a bridge. Netline <span class="caps">CEO</span> Frank Hoberg tells us more than 1,600 developers have already signed up to work with Open-Xchange Server to help create an open source replacement for Microsoft Exchange. </p> <p>[<i> Source: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/08/04/146200">Open-Xchange Server goes open source</a></i> ]</p> http://lions.teledyn.com/node/519#comments Business GPL ICT Free Software Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:16:55 -0400 garym 519 at http://lions.teledyn.com