Alfresco to Move to GPL

Alfresco Software, Inc. announced that it will offer its next release under the GNU Public License (GPL). Alfresco previously licensed its software under the Mozilla Public License with a clause requiring attribution. Alfresco provides its software under a number of flexible licenses, designed to meet the particular requirements of different types of customers. For Open Source Projects: If customers are developing and distributing open source software under the GPL they are free to use Alfresco under the GPL License. If they are developing and distributing open source software under an OSI-Approved License, but not the GPL, and want to link Alfresco's GPL software with theirs, Alfresco provides the GPL License with a FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open-Source Software) Exception. For Commercial OEMs, ISVs and VARs who distribute Alfresco with their proprietary products, and do not wish to license and distribute their source code under the GPL, Alfresco provides a flexible OEM Commercial License. For Enterprises, Government Organizations, Small-to-Medium-sized Businesses, Alfresco licenses Alfresco Enterprise under a Commercial License to paid subscribers, similar to how MySQL, Red Hat, and other open source companies license their technology. Those wishing to use Alfresco for free under the GPL are able to download Alfresco Community. The re-licensing will not affect community users' rights in code they have accepted under the modified MPL prior to February 2007. However, if community customers download an update from Alfresco after the February 2007 release of Alfresco Community 2.0, the update will be covered by the GPL plus FLOSS exception. The Alfresco FLOSS Exception enables software provided under existing OSI-approved open source licenses to incorporate the Alfresco Community software without having to license the entire software package under the terms of the GPL. The license change does not affect Alfresco Enterprise customers or use of any software customers received from Alfresco prior to February release of Alfresco 2.0. http://www.alfresco.com/legal/licensing/faq