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We've desided to use umbraco for our schools internet webserver. So heres are some questions: - What version of umbraco should we choose: Pro or open source? - What are the restrictions on the open source version? - And does umbraco pro have more features? Hope thoes questions are not too complex. If you can answer just one of them that also would be fine.
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There are at few differences when getting the Pro version. Take a look at the product matrix here: http://umbraco.org/products/umbraco-pro/feature-matrixIn short, you get support from the Core team when you are a pro subscriber. You also get a commercial license so that you have the rigth to change the name/logo on the umbraco administration interface. Another thing that is cool with the pro subscription is that you get products like Courier and Consierge for free: http://umbraco.org/blog/2008/8/6/courier-for-content-previewhttp://umbraco.org/blog/2008/8/8/concierge-couriers-sensible-cousinI hope this answers some of your questions?
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As far as I know Umbraco Pro has the same technical features as the open source solution, but you get support from the Umbraco Team. Have you seen the feature matrix on the Umbraco homepage? I think you get all the info you need there. With the open source version you have to accept the open source license agreement. With a Commercial License you have complete freedom over the software including rebranding the software without any of the restrictions that may apply in an open source license.
Web Developer at Kärnhuset - http://www.karnhuset.net - Stockholm, Sweden
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Thanks guys. That was very helpful. I'm not thinking of rebranding but while we are at it doesn't the open source MIT license say: Quote:Permission is hereby ... to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software ... It says "without limitations"... am I reading it wrong?
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The Umbraco project is legaly dividid into two parts. Umbraco CMS: The API, render engine and so on. This is MIT licensed Umbraco UI: The administration area at /umbraco. This is "Freeware with full source availiable" And a rebranding without a commercial license would violate the Umbraco UI license. You are, however, free to write your own UI from scratch. I think Niels wrote a blog post about it once, but I can't find it. From the Umbraco site: "For DIY'ers, there's also a free version available. The umbraco framework is open source (free software) under the MIT license and the user-friendly UI bundle is freeware with full source code available."
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Thanks, that explains it.
skooter.dk (danish)
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mortenbock wrote:The Umbraco project is legaly dividid into two parts.
Umbraco CMS: The API, render engine and so on. This is MIT licensed
Just to clarify (not that it makes a big difference here); the rendering engine is not open source either (ie the whole presentation project is not MIT'ed) /n
Jeeeez, did I really start this :-)
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