IT Mill Toolkit 4.1 - Now Also Under the Apache License
2008-02-20
Version 4.1.0 is a maintenance release for IT Mill Toolkit 4 branch. It introduces several enhancements and bugfixes.
The most significant change included in IT Mill Toolkit 4.1 is the Apache 2.0 license. It allows IT Mill Toolkit 4 to be used freely in systems that used to require a commercial license.
This is a recommended update and everyone using IT Mill Toolkit 4.0.x in a production environment should upgrade to this version.
Other users may want to take a look at the IT Mill Toolkit 5. Its main features include:
Stable Java APIs
Upgrading from Toolkit 4 is easy (especially if your project has used default theme)
It is easy to extend client-side widgets in plain Java
Thanks to the integration of Google Web Toolkit (GWT) many cross-browser and performance challenges are no longer an issue
All existing GWT widgets can be easily ported to IT Mill Toolkit