Just got news that IDPF had been merged into W3C -- a move seems to transit EPUB development to a royalty-free model. Of course there are complaints about W3C's membership structure.
News from W3C and IDPF:
https://www.w3.org/2017/01/pressrelease-idpf-w3c-combination.html.en
http://idpf.org/news/calling-all-epub-contributors-ensure-epub-remains-free-and-open
http://idpf.org/news/idpf-combining-with-w3c-the-facts
News from W3C and IDPF:
https://www.w3.org/2017/01/pressrelease-idpf-w3c-combination.html.en
http://idpf.org/news/calling-all-epub-contributors-ensure-epub-remains-free-and-open
http://idpf.org/news/idpf-combining-with-w3c-the-facts
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Incidentally found this (http://readium.org/about/project-goals):
Readium is available for both open source and proprietary applications. For open-source, non-commercial applications, all the Readium code is available under a BSD-style license. For commercial applications, the Readium SDK code is licensed under Gnu Affero General Public License Version 3 to help ensure the level of development and management support necessary for its ongoing development.which I think is a misunderstanding of how public licenses work.
Tyng-Ruey Chuang at 2017-02-14T15:18:37Z
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"open source" (or "free software") and "commercial" are not antonyms. Rookie mistake.
Lars Wirzenius at 2017-02-14T17:22:57Z
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They're not making the typical rookie mistake, they're doing what they're doing knowingly. Their so-called "BSD-style license" is not a public license. Readium is AGPLv3, or they might sign a separate agreement with you, under liberal terms for some applications if what they say is to be believed. More at http://readium.org/membership/license-readium-sdk
Mike Linksvayer at 2017-02-14T20:44:16Z
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