As of April 2007, we decided to open source the JIDE Common Layer - the
foundation of all JIDE other products.
You can get the JIDE Common Layer release or access subversion repository from
https://jide-oss.dev.java.net. If
you are paid JIDE customers, the source code for JIDE Common Layer is always
included in the release under src subfolder.
JIDE Common Layer has
nearly 100k lines of code and over 30 components and utilities. It has been part
of JIDE commercial products since 2002 so the quality and stability are quite
high. You can run a webstart demo from the link below to see it in action.
Licensing
JIDE Common Layer is dual-licensed. The two licenses are GPL with
classpath exception and
free commercial license.
You can click on the links to see more information. The first license is the
most widely used license among open source community. It is also the same
license under which Java platform is open sourced.
The second license is the original commercial license under which all other JIDE products are released, except it is free of charge in this case.
We released under this license so that all existing paid JIDE customers don't
have to switch to the open source license.
Technical Support
One of main issues in open source project is the lack of technical support. To address this issue, here is our support policy:
Documentation: All source codes are javadoc’ed. A developer guide is provided to describe how to use each component.
A lot of examples can be downloaded to show you how to use components and
classes in JIDE Common Layer.
Bug reports: We will have dedicated resource to work on the bugs based on the priority we decide.
We also accept bug fixes from the community after reviewed by our staff.
Free community support: We provide a special
forum so that you can get help from other people in the community.
In order to encourage community, we will give away JIDE Developer License
for those who actively participate in the discussion.
Paid technical support: If you think it’s critical to get the high quality support in a timely fashion, you can always purchase the
Annual Maintenance Renewal for JIDE Common Layer #2090 from
online store. For those who purchased
JIDE commercial products, technical support for JIDE Common Layer is always included.
Here is the JIDE Common Layer forum
for paid customers.
Contribution
We are very flexible in accepting contributions
from you as long as your own the copyright of the contribution. If you found a
bug in our code, or would like to add a new feature, or introduce a new
component, please feel free to contract
support@jidesoft.com so that we can give you the check-in permission to the
source code repository.
We will code review the contribution and commit them. We will reward frequent
contributors with free developer license of JIDE commercial products.
