Allen, OpenG is working on migrating from the LGPL to a Mozilla Public License derivitive. This will eliminate the "relinkability" requirement imposed by the LGPL.
You can read more about this here: <http://openg.org/tiki/tiki-view_forum_thread.php? forumId=3&comments_parentId=286> Regards, -Jim Kring "C. Allen Weekley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Rolf, > > The Open-G VISA idea sounds really interesting. I am a bit wary of open > source because it seems difficult to make an installation that is a > combination of open source code and proprietary code, and meet the rules > for distributing open source code while still protecting the proprietary > code. If you have any ideas about how to make this issue easier to deal > with I would be interested in working on the Open-G VISA library. > > Allen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rolf Kalbermatter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 1:28 AM > To: 'C. Allen Weekley' > Cc: Info LabVIEW (E-mail) > Subject: RE: API Serial Functions > > > "C. Allen Weekley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Yes. My company manufactures a variety of instruments that communicate > > >solely with serial. We have been using NI-VISA and are happy with it, > >but NI-VISA requires an installation that is often larger than the > >application we supply to our customers, and there are licensing > >restrictions for distribution. I was hoping to develop our own serial > >functions in a much smaller package than NI-VISA. This is why I am > >interested in using the Windows API. NI-VISA with its support for so > >many kinds of instruments seems like overkill for our application. When > > >the customer installs the NI-VISA driver they end up installing > >features to support GPIB etc. that are not needed for our application. > > Well, I see. Just forget about my previous mail then, will you. I have > started some work on a VISA32.DLL replacement which I intend to release > as Open-G VISA library. It is far from complete and I have only worked > on Windows yet but intend to actually push the Linux version more. It is > structured similar as NI-VISA with VISA32.DLL as top level API and low > level plugin DLLs which provide support for particular VISA resource > types. > > The first I have started with is serial of course, but it is as I said > not functional at all yet. I still need some common infrastructure > libraries as well. > > I was intending to get something working before putting it out, but it > is geoing slow and it will take quite some time before I get there. If > you would be interested in working on that as well I could create an > Open-G subproject and put up what I have so far so that you could take a > look at it and work yourself on it as well. > > Rolf Kalbermatter > CIT Engineering Nederland BV tel: +31 (070) 415 9190 > Treubstraat 7H fax: +31 (070) 415 9191 > 2288 EG Rijswijk http://www.citengineering.com > Netherlands mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --
