April 19, 2014 at 15:08Kenju fork Kendo UI Web (GPL3)
A few days ago, there was one important event in the development of the Jendy Kendo UI framework from Telerik. They released the OpenSource version of the product under the Apache v2 license - Kendo UI Core. In fact, everything turned out to be not so simple and unambiguous.
Previously, the entire Kendo UI library was released under the GPL v3 license, which did not allow it to be used for free in commercial products; for commercial applications, the Kendo UI commercial license was developed based on this library. But for OpenSource, this library was a real gift. Of course, there are other similar libraries and they have a huge number of fans. The advantages of Kendo can be considered:
1) Full support for jQuery
2) A large number of widgets, which allows you to get by with one JS library (not counting jquery) in most cases
3) High-quality and pleasant design themes
4) Excellent support for Twitter Bootstrap. Kendo even has its own bootstrap theme for working with the CSS framework at the same time.
The Apache v2 license allows you to use the Kendo UI library in commercial projects, and all the pluses end there, since the version of Kendo UI Core does not contain all the widgets from the familiar, but it does not include:
1) Editor
2) Grid
3) Scheduler
4) Treeview
5) Upload
There are many analogs, of course, but do not forget that analogues are additional JS libraries and a different design style (css).
Previous versions of the framework (GPL v3) very quickly disappear from public access, so I posted the version of kendoui.web.2013.3.1119.open-source on github.
Since the name Kendo was registered by Telerik, I renamed the framework to Kenjutsu, and after the reduction it turns out more sonorous Kenju.
The main task of the fork is to preserve the state of the framework under the GPL v3 license, in which you can use the missing widgets according to the GPL v3 license.
Previously, the entire Kendo UI library was released under the GPL v3 license, which did not allow it to be used for free in commercial products; for commercial applications, the Kendo UI commercial license was developed based on this library. But for OpenSource, this library was a real gift. Of course, there are other similar libraries and they have a huge number of fans. The advantages of Kendo can be considered:
1) Full support for jQuery
2) A large number of widgets, which allows you to get by with one JS library (not counting jquery) in most cases
3) High-quality and pleasant design themes
4) Excellent support for Twitter Bootstrap. Kendo even has its own bootstrap theme for working with the CSS framework at the same time.
The Apache v2 license allows you to use the Kendo UI library in commercial projects, and all the pluses end there, since the version of Kendo UI Core does not contain all the widgets from the familiar, but it does not include:
1) Editor
2) Grid
3) Scheduler
4) Treeview
5) Upload
There are many analogs, of course, but do not forget that analogues are additional JS libraries and a different design style (css).
Previous versions of the framework (GPL v3) very quickly disappear from public access, so I posted the version of kendoui.web.2013.3.1119.open-source on github.
Since the name Kendo was registered by Telerik, I renamed the framework to Kenjutsu, and after the reduction it turns out more sonorous Kenju.
The main task of the fork is to preserve the state of the framework under the GPL v3 license, in which you can use the missing widgets according to the GPL v3 license.
