About Pentahol license

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Has any folk used Pentahol before? Is Pentahol free to use?


I read;
Pentaho BI Platform License FAQ
Pentaho Commercial Open Source Business Intelligence - Pentaho BI Platform License FAQ

On "Why is Pentaho using the General Public License (GPL) for the Pentaho BI Platform?" it says;

.....
The GPL is well understood by the market and the legal community and has notable precedents such as MySQL, Java and the Linux kernel as GPL-licensed projects
......

and expect to clarify whehter I can download and run "Pentaho", free of charge, similar to MySQL, JAVA, Linux Kernel, etc. Its users are at liberty to subscribe paid technical support which is NOT compulsory as a condition using Pentahol. Please shed me some light. TIA


B.R.
satimis

[GNU-Fan]

and expect to clarify whehter I can download and run "Pentaho", free of charge, similar to MySQL, JAVA, Linux Kernel, etc. Its users are at liberty to subscribe paid technical support which is NOT compulsory as a condition using Pentahol. Please shed me some light. TIA

If the software licensed under GPL, it is Free Software.
This means every person that legally got a copy of such software is allowed to convey (charging plenty or not) copies to other people. (Under the terms of the GPL, of course.)

So you can either pay a company to give you a copy or you can find someone else who does so.

Once somebody gave you a copy under the proper terms, you are granted the same rights as the person before. This includes the right to "run the program for any purpose -- without needing additional permission".

[satimis]

If the software licensed under GPL, it is Free Software.
This means every person that legally got a copy of such software is allowed to convey (charging plenty or not) copies to other people. (Under the terms of the GPL, of course.)

So you can either pay a company to give you a copy or you can find someone else who does so.

Once somebody gave you a copy under the proper terms, you are granted the same rights as the person before. This includes the right to "run the program for any purpose -- without needing additional permission".

Hi GNU-Fan,


Thanks for your advice.

I found the packages are on;

SourceForge.net: Pentaho - Business Intelligence

If I build pentaho from source do I need to pay? I suppose I only need paying for the binary package?

TIA


B.R.
satimis

[GNU-Fan]

If I build pentaho from source do I need to pay?

Download the package and look into the main folder.
Every Free Software project that cares is accompanied by a file like "COPYING".
The source files should also have a short notice on top of them.

They explain what your rights are.

[satimis]

Download the package and look into the main folder.
Every Free Software project that cares is accompanied by a file like "COPYING".
The source files should also have a short notice on top of them.

They explain what your rights are.

Noted and thanks


satimis