[Koha-devel] Share Koha 3.10 for windows with community

[Robin Sheat]

Ajmal Khan schreef op di 19-11-2013 om 06:39 [+0300]:
> paklag (www.paklag.org) has compiled Koha 3.10 for windows version
> like live CD Just copy on zip file , unzip and run. Is there any
> copyright issue? Koha for windows' versions upto 2.9 normally user
> download appache, mysql, perl and koha code from their separate
> websites.
> 
There is no copyright issue so long as you comply with the GNU GPLv3,
which is pretty easy to do.

It's worth being aware that Koha on Windows isn't a great idea:
      * It's more expensive.
      * It's not a totally free software environment.
      * Windows isn't a server-class operating system, unless you pay
        extra for it.
      * You're going to be stuck running old versions of Koha (3.12 is
        the current release, 3.14 is coming out soon.)
      * You're going to miss security updates.
      * You can't get support from the community because no one runs
        Windows.
      * Koha is designed with UNIX- and UNIX-like operating systems in
        mind, so there will probably be many things that don't work well
        on Windows.

Essentially you're likely to end up with the worst of all worlds by
doing this, and run the risk of not being able to upgrade without a lot
of extra work.

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Robin Sheat
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