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internetnews.com: Oak Grove Moves Toward Open Source Model

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 10, 2003

“Looking to sell ISVs (independent software vendors) on a new
licensing model for its business process execution software which
blends some of the flexibility of open source with a commercial
license, Oak Grove Systems Monday unveiled Reactor 5 Source Code
PLUS.

“The new offering bears some resemblance to Microsoft’s Software
Assurance licensing plan. Under the new plan, ISVs purchase a
one-year agreement with the source code, giving them access to all
upgrades during that period.

“The agreement includes one year of maintenance and support,
plus a bundle of embedded services. The agreement gives customers
‘the freedom of open source,’ with rights to royalty-free
distribution and complete ownership of the completed software
product code ‘to the core…'”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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