[AGENT++] License & maintenance questions

[Frank Fock]

Hi Jens,

The AGENT++ license does not permit any usage of
the API to build another (derived) API regardless
whether free or commercial. However, the
open source as well as the commercial and closed
source usage is freely permitted, if the API is
used to build an executable (could be also
linked as DLL/shared object).

Switching to a GPL-License will not be backward
compatible for closed source projects.

The last release of AGENT++ is from 2009-05-29.
(The download page contained a typo).
A new release is currently under preparation.
The code is freezed and ready for packaging,
however we need to analyze a new bug report
first whether it affects the new release.

With commercial support, you have access to
the JIRA system with all open and solved
issues.

Best regards,
Frank

On 31.08.2010 14:07, Jens Rehsack wrote:
> Hi *,
>
> I already asked on sales at agentpp.com but didn't receive an
> answer, maybe I'm right to ask here.
>
> In our project we want to replace net-snmp with a better snmp
> daemon, and one of the solutions we're looking at is AGENT++
> (or snmp4j).
>
> The license of AGENT++ is a bit confusing - I interpret the
> conditions that I would be allowed to use AGENT++ freely in
> any project but I'm not allowed to tell anybody (and must hide
> the dependency). Further, the resulting tool must not be able
> to be used to add any snmp table (otherwise it could be
> interpreted as snmp tool) and (for packaging) we're not allowed
> to distribute compiled versions of agent++ (read: we must link
> static).
>
> Wouldn't it more reasonable to choose a better license form,
> e.g. "GPL or commercial" like SNMP4J-AgentJMX?
>
> Concerning the maintenance: I've seen several patches reported
> on the ML - but no link to an repository where they are committed.
> Does it mean, when we choose to build a solution based on
> AGENT++, we need to use the base from 2005 and check the entire
> ML for patches, review the patches and apply the reasonable ones?
>
> Thanks in advance for the answers,
> Jens Rehsack
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