On Friday 31 August 2007 14:31, Michel Meyers wrote: > James Harper wrote: > > I have put a 'It works for me' release of the Exchange Agent up on my > > web site, as well as some documentation. Go to > > http://www.meadowcourt.org/bacula-exch.htm and make sure you read the > > warnings under 'Status'. > > > > James > > Just copying the developers list as I'm sure people there will be > interested in this too. >
Yes, thank you for bringing it to our attention, we *are* very interested. This is clearly a nice functionality, and something that a lot of users would want. However, I have several comments: 1. If the program uses any part of Bacula, then James should (probably must) immediately release the source code of the program, not just the binaries as Eric pointed out. 2. Concerning the licensing of the new code that James wrote. If it is mixed in the same file with Bacula code, then those files *must* be under the GPL v2 license or James must get some special agreement from myself on the license. 3. If no code is actually mixed in the same files with Bacula code (i.e. any entirely new original file), James, as far as I know (I am not 100% sure), is free to use any Open Source license that is compatible with the GPL v2. Note, there are a lot of Open Source licenses that are not compatible with GPL v2 (including GPL v3) as well as a lot that are. I don't necessarily agree with all the above points -- they are constraints put on all of us who use GPL by the license itself (I'm considering changing licenses because of the restrictions). 4. I am quite concerned about having a separate File daemon that is not integrated with Bacula -- at the best, you must rely on the author to follow Bacula carefully and closely, or you may find yourself locked into a particular version of Bacula that works with it. At worst, you may find your Volumes or Catalog written in a way that they will no longer be compatible with Bacula. To repeat, I am not stating that anything in this point is true, only that it is a concern. 5. I would *much* rather see such a project integrated with Bacula, and if I am not mistaken, I have previously mentioned that to James. Best regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
