Hi,
Were looking at having our website redeveloped and someone mentioned there may be an issue using Open Source software with the GPL licence with Tessitura. Because the GPL requires you to open source any code generated, this could potentially conflict with Tessitura NDA as it would expose the API calls etc.
Has anyone raised this issue with Tessitura, or does Tessitura have a position on this?
Thanks
The only license to keep an eye out for, based on Kristin's comments, is the Affero GPL.
Unlike the normal GPL, the Affero variant requires that any software available over a network make the source available as well. So with the normal GPL, you only need to provide source if you're providing the website as an application for someone else to install. With the Affero, the intention is that if I can get to your website, I'm entitled to the source code for that same website.
I'm not aware of any CMS' that are using the Affero at this time, but it's worth keeping an eye out for.
Eric