Opsi is open source and free of license fees. Nevertheless the development of new opsi modules is expensive. So uib invented the cofinancing process as an instrument for financing the open source development.

Currently (June 2012) this concerns the following components:

• License management

• MySQL Backend for configuration data (for larger installations)

• Dynamic depot selection: Automatic allocation of the best depot to a client

• Support of opsi-clients connected via WAN/VPN. (For using the WAN/VPN extension the MySQL-Backend is a precondition)

• User Profile Management: Modify user profiles in case of using roaming profils

• opsi-monitoring with Nagios: Monitoring of opsi-server functionality, opsi rollouts, opsi clients

The following cofunding projects have been completed and are free of charge now:

• opsiclientd (Vista / Windows 7)

• Software on Demand (Kiosk-Mode): Approved software may be requested for opsi installation by the end user

• Managing hierarchical groups (Treeview): hierarchical groups for clients and product-groups

Opsi-modules for installations with more than 500 clients have a graduated price scale.
opsi modules prices

These modules are developed as co-funding projects. This means, that these parts are only available for those customers who pay a contribution to the development costs.
As soon as the development of a co-funding project is refinanced, the component will be part of the free opsi-distribution and can be used free of charge. It will be open source then (as long as not prevented by technical reasons).
As long as a co-funding project is not refinanced, the use of the component is restricted by the activation file
/etc/opsi/modules, which is protected against changes via electronic signature.
All the free parts of opsi will work without this activation file.
If you want to test the restricted modules with a temporary activation file for evaluation, please contact opsi@opensides.be.
 

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