Hi Joel,

That's great. Thank you for your clarification. It has helped me... and I hope it will help others to better understand the changes.

Having to pay for Mango Automation is really not a problem for me. I'm a huge fan of open systems and software, but also know that people need to get paid. It is also extremely valuable to get the support and testing which comes with commercial products. Open is great, but if you're trying to make a system work for a customer and you are hoping that someone in the community replies to a post to help figure something out, it is a waste of time and energy.

I will contact you for pricing specifics.

Greg

Hello Joel,

I have come across Mango and have been looking into it for the past couple days and I must say that I'm quite interested; especially with the integration of DGLux. There are some things which are really bothering me however as there are pieces of the puzzle which do not seem to be fitting together with the picture being painted.

Mango M2M was and is an open source project under GPLv3 promoting shared community development and freedom of access to the software and its code. On the Mango M2M website under news, and in your post here, you mention that your company has taken over Mango however do not mention any reference to open source software or the current and future licenses for Mango M2M and Mango Automation. On your web site, and after watching videos and reading through the forums I have seen details of a non-transferable license for Mango Automation, as well as buying it, however nowhere have I been able to find any information about the platform licensing or the state of the software openness.

I am not against paying for Mango, however I am looking for open solutions and transparent companies and projects to work with.

Would you be able to shed some light on what has changed since Infinite Automation has taken over the platform as well as how you take this to market?

Regards,

Greg