Hi all, As it appears, its time for change. Bnwebtool is not available anymore. So I have tentatively decided to drop bnwebtools from Ankur dictionary project. I am playing with few other options and expecting a replacement soon.
Cheers Golam On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Golam Mortuza Hossain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Murshed, > > I am writing you regarding your bnwebtools and its new license. > > As you know, we use your bnwebtools in Ankur's E2B dictionary > project. Frankly, your tool has been extremely useful to the project. > > I was considering an upgrade of bnwebtools to the latest version. > However, your new license terms (v 2.1.0) made me extremely > concerned about your tool. > > In Sourceforge project page http://sourceforge.net/projects/bnwebtools > the mentioned license is GPL. > > On the other hand, in your site http://bnwebtools.sourceforge.net/ > the mentioned license is "GPL only for non-commercial use". > > In my understanding, both these licenses are incompatible with > each other. GPL doesn't prevent any commercial use. It seems to > me your new license also violates Sourceforge terms of service > as they allow only OSI-approved license for code hosting. > > http://alexandria.wiki.sourceforge.net/Terms+of+Use > > However, the main concern for me is, we allow distribution of the > dictionary project under GPL. This includes database as well as client > program (CGI scripts) which currently includes your Bnwebtools inside > it. > > So if someone wants s/he can use our dictionary project > to take out the bnwebtools and use it for ANY purpose including > commercial as per as GPL. This will bypass your intended > license completely. Does it mean, we cannot use it > in the dictionary project anymore? > > It will be really helpful if you could clarify about the new license. > > Given this issue affects Ankur's dictionary project, I am marking this > email also to Ankur-core. > > Thanks in advance for your response. > > Regards > Golam > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bengalinux-core mailing list Bengalinux-core@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bengalinux-core
