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What if I or my organization wants to distribute software that embeds the Pentaho BI Platform to customers and Im not already a Pentaho OEM Partner?

April 26, 2017Bi customers embeds OEM organization Pentaho Platform Software wants

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What if I or my organization wants to distribute software that embeds the Pentaho BI Platform to customers and Im not already a Pentaho OEM Partner?

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Please see the Pentaho FLOSS Exception here if you are distributing all of your code via the excepted OSI-certified open source licenses. Since the GPL is what’s known as a “reciprocal license”, if you intend to distribute GPL-licensed code to your customers as part of other software you have created, you may, depending on the software you have created, be required release that code under the GPL. Companies that wish to distribute the Pentaho BI Platform have the option of purchasing a commercial license from Pentaho Corporation. A commercial license would exempt you from GPL obligations.