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Open eSignForms
Jul 26, 2013, 5:44:30 PM7/26/13
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From a license inquiry:
I operate an open source project.
Is it possible to use openesignforms on-premise for free? I intend on collecting Joint Copyright Agreements using esign for all developers who contribute to our project.
Similar to what you do.
http://open.esignforms.com/OpeneSignFormsIndividualCLA.html
Except I want to do this via openesignforms in a manner that the signed document can be viewed online.
If I setup and host my own server must I still pay for the use of openesignforms?
I don't see any problem in providing putting my JCA form online as open source.
I operate an open source project.
Is it possible to use openesignforms on-premise for free? I intend on collecting Joint Copyright Agreements using esign for all developers who contribute to our project.
Similar to what you do.
http://open.esignforms.com/OpeneSignFormsIndividualCLA.html
Except I want to do this via openesignforms in a manner that the signed document can be viewed online.
If I setup and host my own server must I still pay for the use of openesignforms?
I don't see any problem in providing putting my JCA form online as open source.
Open eSignForms
Jul 26, 2013, 5:47:45 PM7/26/13
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OpenESF is licensed under the AGPL (aside from its commercial license)
and generally speaking is free to use. My impression is that such a
usage as you describe would be okay. You would need to provide a link
to the version of the code you are using, though, so that others who do
have access to your OpenESF system can also get access to that version
of the source code.
We're not lawyers, and Yozons has never sued anybody before, but I think just providing the version you are using and a link to open.esignforms.com would suffice for providing access to the source code if you are running an unmodified version. But if you do modify it, then you do need to make that modified code available for others. If at all possible, we hope that you contribute such modifications to become part of the core if it's generally useful so the product keeps on improving for everyone.
Note that your form/document that you build is no longer considered to be programming changes to OpenESF (we consider it to be just data, which you own if you created it, even if some may be "code" like HTML/JSP), so you do not have to provide that unless you want to. If you have an interesting form that you think others might like, we'd be happy to take a copy when you are done and include it in our free forms area on our demo system (forms can be exported from libraries easily so others can the import it).
Of course, we hope that you'll give OpenESF credit to help us grow our community.
Good luck!
We're not lawyers, and Yozons has never sued anybody before, but I think just providing the version you are using and a link to open.esignforms.com would suffice for providing access to the source code if you are running an unmodified version. But if you do modify it, then you do need to make that modified code available for others. If at all possible, we hope that you contribute such modifications to become part of the core if it's generally useful so the product keeps on improving for everyone.
Note that your form/document that you build is no longer considered to be programming changes to OpenESF (we consider it to be just data, which you own if you created it, even if some may be "code" like HTML/JSP), so you do not have to provide that unless you want to. If you have an interesting form that you think others might like, we'd be happy to take a copy when you are done and include it in our free forms area on our demo system (forms can be exported from libraries easily so others can the import it).
Of course, we hope that you'll give OpenESF credit to help us grow our community.
Good luck!
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