License question

[Erwin Rol]

On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 10:12 -0400, Dimi Paun wrote:
> On Fri, May 5, 2006 10:06 am, Erwin Rol wrote:
> > Zimbra also has most of its interesting features in the closed source
> > version only http://zimbra.com/products/product_editions.html .
> 
> We are getting picky folks. Zimbra offers quite a bit in the free
> version, in fact it would be more than enough for a small-business,
> and surely a lot more than we have today.
> 
> As for the "nice" closed features, while indeed nice, no free version
> even _claims_ that they are (or will be) supporting similar capabilities.
> So it's not like we're loosing anything :)
> 
> Why should we fault them for not providing the world to us? They do
> provide quite a bit as it is.

The problem is not that there are feature missing in the Free version,
the problem is how do those companies react when someone implements
those missing feature in the Free version ? 

Do they really want a community project like the Linux kernel or do they
only want to have free advertising by the people that use the Free
version?

- Erwin