Well-known open source CMS: Dreamweaver CMS will say goodbye to free, and the open source era is gradually declining!

The well-known open source CMS--Dreamweaver CMS system has started charging, 5,800 yuan!

I believe that many old webmasters are familiar with the Dreamweaver system, but if you are using the Dedecms Dreamweaver content management system software, you need to pay attention and have not purchased DedeCMS commercial yet. If you use authorization, you may face the risk of official claims.

DedeCMS starts charging for commercial authorization

Last night dedecms (Dreamweaver) issued an announcement: Except for personal non-profit websites, all You need to purchase a DedeCMS commercial use license, and the license fee is 5,800 yuan. We will reserve the right to make civil claims for websites that have not been authorized within the time limit. In addition to paying the commercial use authorization fee, you will also need to bear the corresponding reasonable rights protection costs.

#The Dreamweaver CMS system has started charging, and all commercial individuals and enterprises will be charged a licensing fee of 5,800 yuan. After more than a year of copyright disputes, dedecms finally started charging.

At the same time, we also saw the fee details on its official website. Commercial authorization is 5,800 yuan. You can only use one website, and you must pay attention to "personal non-profit".

Why does Dreamweaver CMS cause a sensation?

Dreamweaver CMS is the most widely used free open source software in China and has a long history. After more than 10 years of development, it is now Coupled with the richness of plug-ins, DreamWeaver CMS has become a must-have website building source code for countless webmasters in China.

There are at least tens of thousands of websites involved here. Once fees are charged, it is estimated that 90% of the websites will not be able to escape the risk of being sued.

Learned: At present, the official has completed the material collection of the entire network through AI forensics machines, and has formed a large team of lawyers. The Internet is not a place outside the law, not to mention that the country is still focusing on cracking down on copyright issues. So if you are an enterprise and have a site with high traffic, please pay attention to handling it.

The picture below shows the evidence collection machine:

domestic copyright environment

Mituo CMS has already provided evidence for each Webmasters and enterprises, now DreamWeaver CMS will also be involved in copyright issues.

Judging from the announcement, it contains several meanings: personal registration and unprofitable websites. With the verification of registration, most of these types of websites have disappeared in recent years. Even websites registered by individuals will more or less be linked to advertising alliances or advertising spaces.

After all, Dreamweaver officials also issued an announcement to notify everyone in advance (although the time was very short, only one month). In addition, everyone used DreamWeaver CMS to build a website, but they did not give anyone any money.

As the state supports copyright issues, once sued, there is a high probability that it will fail.

Copyright dispute of Dreamweaver CMS

Dreamweaver CMS has been suspended for ten years for various reasons in the later period. The only time it became popular in recent years was the founder of Low Dreamweaver in 2020 Copyright dispute between Plato and Shanghai Zhuozhuo Network Technology Co., Ltd.

The story is probably: the copyright dispute between the free DEDECMS v5.7 and the paid one, dedecmsv6 v1.0.

In 2020, the new product purchase link jumped to another website and launched a new paid version of DEDECMSv6. However, the original official Zhuozhuo Network announced that the paid version of DEDECMSv6 was not officially released. , the official has indeed been preparing a new version in the past two years, but it is definitely not the so-called "V6 version" and will not be charged. The DEDECMSv6 v1.0 version is an infringement.

Afterwards, Plato, the licensor of the DEDECMSv6 development team, spoke out and said: The original rights owner of DEDECMS is himself. At first, he only cooperated with Zhuozhuo Network. Now the cooperation has been terminated. No, they cannot represent themselves, and all copyrights of DEDECMS belong to themselves. As the founder, (1) I have not promised to give up all rights to DEDECMS, (2) As a partner and rights owner, I have received a small amount of cash. , but never obtained the so-called shares in the cooperation agreement!

DedeCMS founder Plato

Dreamweaver CMS’s very beginning It was developed by the personal webmaster "Plato" using PHP MySQL technology. The company was established in Shanghai at the end of 2007. However, since Dreamweaver cooperated with angel investors in Shanghai, big internal problems have arisen. In 2009, DedeCMS founder IT Plato resigned and later joined Yulin Mufeng. It has been silent for 10 years. However, with the commercialization of capital, Dreamweaver CMS has gradually become one of the most popular CMS website building programs in China.

Until the end of last year, the "DreamWeaver CMS copyright dispute" once again pushed Dreamweaver CMS to the forefront.

But this time when I paid attention to Plato, I found that he had cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.

Plato said on Weibo: After the chemotherapy, I will be recuperating this time. I hope there will be no recurrence or metastasis. The disease is at the critical time when the child is in the second grade of junior high school. Now the child’s grades are so bad that he can even take the test. Risks, headaches again, it’s too difficult for middle-aged men, especially those with serious illnesses.

I believe this may be the biggest reason why the copyright dispute was settled in the end. It has been more than 2 months since Plato last updated Weibo.

Pay or transfer position?

Currently, many open source CMS products are mainly free for personal non-commercial use, but there are also charges for commercial use. For example, the competitor of Dedecms, Imperial CMS, also charges for commercial licensing. Its licensing fee is 4,200 yuan, which is currently a bit cheaper than DreamWeaver.

For webmasters, if they want to avoid infringing use of Dedecms, one of the most feasible ways at present is to honestly choose to pay.

Another option is to convert DedeCMS to WordPress, which is relatively troublesome to operate. There are many tutorials on the Internet that you can search for yourself, so I won’t explain it in detail here.

Written at the end:

The commercial licensing fee charged by Dreamweaver CMS has a huge impact and is of epoch-making significance. It also marks the era of free open source in China and personal development. The era of webmasters and the era of website construction industry is gradually declining.

php Chinese website recommends that for some long-term projects, do not rely on open source CMS, but be sure to develop a CMS independently. The program is safer and more flexible, and there will be no legal risks!