FYI: Gate One was developed entirely by one guy in his spare time over the course of ~9 months. It turned out pretty good so he's looking to start a business out of it.
anyone know how he plans to do that? license it under different terms to network hardware device vendors for integration or something?
The repository's LICENSE.txt states, "if the terms of the AGPLv3 license do not suit your needs, a proprietary
license may be purchased from Liftoff Software," so I would assume that you are correct.
1) Gate One is licensed under the AGPLv3 which requires that you publicly distribute the source of anything that uses Gate One. Even if it is hosted via a SaaS or ASP solution. So if you want to include Gate One into another product you'll either have to make that product open source or buy a license (which will be available when Gate One reaches 1.0).
2) Support contracts. There's no requirement that business buy a support contract just to use Gate One inside their organization (please do!). Having said that, in my experience most businesses would be happy to pay for support if the price is right. Especially if there's worries about licensing (and many organizations are terrified of the AGPLv3).
anyone know how he plans to do that? license it under different terms to network hardware device vendors for integration or something?