db4objects Releases White Paper on the Dual Licensing Model

Renowned attorney Heather Meeker provides guidance for licensing software under GPL or commercial terms SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 30, 2007 - db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database, today released a new white paper titled "db4objects and the Dual Licensing Model", which is available for free and immediate download. The white paper explains the factors one should consider when deciding whether to license software under GPL (free) or commercial (fee-based) terms, along with the obligations associated with either choice. The dual licensing model is fast becoming one of the most popular business models for software companies leveraging the power of both open- and closed-source software development. It is important for businesses to understand how to leverage this model, without jeopardizing their intellectual property rights or risking the negative publicity that results from violating open source licenses. Heather Meeker is a sharehold ... Read the rest of entry »

db4objects Introduces New Licensing Option to Extend Open Source Compatibility

New dOCL license fosters rapid adoption of db4o in wider range of open source projects SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 24, 2007 - db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the leading open source object database, today announced the introduction of a third licensing option dubbed dOCL (db4o Opensource Compatibility License). The licensing option supports free/open source projects that want to embed db4o under standard open source licensing terms other than GPL. This announcement broadens db4o's adoption for projects licensed under Apache, LGPL, BSD, EPL, and other standard open source licensing terms. Major open source projects that currently include or that plan to include db4o are Novell's Mono, Redhat's Fedora-Linux, Eclipse (Apogee), Spring, JPOX, Apache-Lucene (Gdata) and Funambol (SyncML). "The introduction of the dOCL is great news," says Costin Leau, Spring committer and Consultant at Interface21. "It allows easier integration within open source projects which, in the end, wil ... Read the rest of entry »

db4objects appoints German Viscuso as Global Community Host

HONG KONG, China, Jan. 8, 2007 - At the company's global developer meeting in Hong Kong, db4objects (www.db4o.com), creator of the open source object database db4o, today announced the appointment of German Viscuso as Global Community Host. Viscuso manages the db4o Hispanic community (db4oHUG) and has built it into one of the most active non-English user groups. In his new role, he will manage the interface between the db4objects company and the fast growing open source community of the db4o project, which now has more than 18,000 registered users from 120 countries. "I plan to make db4o's community larger and deeper at the same time," said Viscuso. "To achieve this goal, we have established a model how community members have a rite of passage to incrementally and easily increase their commitment towards db4o and participate in the advance of db4o's cutting edge technology. We welcome more and more community contributions as outlined in db4o's new Contribution Guide, but also target to gro ... Read the rest of entry »