pgModeler

[Domenico Giusti]

Hi all,

I'm compiling the source code of pgModeler, because the binary packages 
are purchased for $ 4.95 (till $ 54.25 for a diamond package!).
No problem, the source code is GPL3. It's his business, but...

What I don't really like of the commercial policy of this guy is:

$ 29.90 for the "User's guide: Unlimited downloads of the complete 
document detailing all the features available on pgModeler".

When you decide to adopt a license like GPL, it is supposed that the 
documentation will be released with a GNU Free Documentation License[0]
"because free software needs free documentation: a free program should 
come with manuals providing the same freedoms that the software does".

[0] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html

On 06/26/2014 03:22 PM, Domenico Giusti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I opened a new issue right now, to evaluate this software.
>
> During the next days, I'm going to install it from the binary package,
> as described in the project wiki[0] and I will test it.
>
> We will see...
>
> Ciao.
>
> [0] http://www.pgmodeler.com.br/wiki/doku.php?id=installation
>
>
> On 06/26/2014 03:10 PM, Luca Bezzi wrote:
>> Hi Domenico,
>> no I think it is not in the list. If you think it is a good software you
>> can open an issue here: https://github.com/archeos/ArcheOS/issues
>>
>> Did you some test with it?It could be a nice article in ATOR, if you want
>>
>> Ciao
>>
>> On 06/26/2014 02:56 PM, Domenico Giusti wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I was searching for a ER DB diagram tool and I found this PostgreSQL
>>> Database Modeler[0], distributed on GitHub[1] under GPL3.
>>> It seems quite powerful and useful in combination with pgAdmin. I I
>>> specially like the reverse engineering feature and the support for
>>> PostGIS. Working with PostgreSQL, I prefer it to general UML diagram
>>> tools like Dia.
>>>
>>> I don't remember if it is already in the list of ArcheOS software
>>> and/or if it is already tested. Otherwise I would like to open a issue
>>> (software evaluation) on GitHub.
>>>
>>> Ciao.
>>>
>>> [0] http://www.pgmodeler.com.br/
>>> [1] https://github.com/pgmodeler/pgmodeler
>>
>>
>

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Domenico Giusti <dncgst@gnewarchaeology.it>
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