Hello, For V8, there is nothing to "adopt" by OCA: report-webkit is in there, and you can propose you PR on https://github.com/OCA/OCB
For v9, we still have time. -- Alexandre On 27/03/2015 18:19, choplin mat wrote: > Hi everyone and sorry to reopen this delicate topic. > > Now that report_webkit is not maintained by Odoo, I am not sure about > what has been decided... > > *Is OCA going to maintain this module?* In that case, I think that the > module should be moved to *https://github.com/OCA/webkit-tools* which > seems to be the most relevant repository. > *Or, are we going to migrate the reports to Qweb?* > > I fear that a lot of modules depends on report_webkit in OCA (through > the dependency base_headers_webkit). > > For instance, I wanted to port > https://github.com/OCA/account-closing/tree/8.0/__unported__/account_multicurrency_revaluation > to the version 8 but I realised that I was stuck by this PR > https://github.com/OCA/webkit-tools/pull/10 that could not be merged > because of a buggy report_webkit that Odoo decided to not maintain. > Some workaround have been proposed in this issue > https://github.com/odoo/odoo/issues/2334 but I believe that this is > not the proper way to fix it and I do not know where we can propose > fixes for this module. *Do you know where to propose fixes for > report_webkit?* > > In order to not be stuck in such situation (where the report feature > blocks the whole module from being used) I was thinking to *always > split the report features and the business features in separate > modules*. So, we would still be free to choose which report engine we > want to use and we will be less stuck when the editor moves to an > other reporting engine. > > By the way, according to what you are thinking, it could be a good > chance to update the doc here: > https://doc.odoo.com/contribute/05_developing_modules/#community-guidelines > (*how* *can we update this contribution doc*)? > > Thanks, > > > On 22 May 2014 at 00:00, Raphael Valyi <rva...@gmail.com > <mailto:rva...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello Fabien, > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Fabien Pinckaers <f...@openerp.com > <mailto:f...@openerp.com>> wrote: > > > > Hello Fabien, > > that's cool to hear you may change your mind a few things > you announced. > > But tell us, that would of course never apply to the established > > licenses under which all the contributions were made of course? > > Even in case of emergency plan right? We have your word right? > > Copy/paste from one of my latest blog: > > We removed the words "Open" and "ERP" from our name. But > Odoo is and > always will be fully open source. Our open source business > model is > unchanged. Our commitment to an open software and community > remains. > And it's the same for ERP; Odoo's key priorities are still > management > applications like accounting, project management, crm, > inventory, etc. > > > You guys are bothering me. After so many years, you still see > the devil > in every move... > > There are only a very few companies in the world like us, with > a so > strong open source commitment. > > > Open source is a buzzword used by many companies around to deserve > various kind of purposes. > > My question was not about "open source" but about the exact > license used, that is AGPL. > > That is a "copyleft" business even in the context of a SaaS model > (which of course is becoming predominant), > by opposition to an "open core" model that would be allowed by > different licenses, even the GPL > in a SaaS prospective (the loophole fixed by the AGPL as you very > well since you made the move > from GPL to AGPL during 2008). > > Now why am I asking that? Well it happens that by 2011, regardless > of the contributions under AGPL, > OpenERP SA decided to unilaterally add a "pivate use" clause to > the AGPL license that you started to use > just like double license i your Enterprise package. And you Fabien > said that eventually you would > just rewrite the contributions f some contribute would not agree > with that re-licensing. > > One could always interpret contributions moving out of a project a > bit equivalent to anticipated rewrite. > > So, I think I do have some legitimate reasons to ask you whether > or not you are committed to AGPL > or if you have some possible hidden agenda regarding this that > eventually may impact the business > of people making businesses depending today on OpenERP/Odoo. > > You know, one could always imagine that the friendly community is > all encouraged to make these free contributions > as AGPL to the OpenERP/Odoo ecosystem and that in the meantime, > tomorrow, if some business > model fails say to sell the way it is planning to sell today, you > would eventually reconsider the AGPL > commitment and let financial investment take over the open source > investment. > Of course monetizing a public community asset (AGPL ecosystem) > into a private differentiated asset > (say non AGPL SaaS) is always a way to generate a some cash, just > like when a public company is > privatized. > > All this is investment, whether it's money or whether it is code > open source code. And the "community" > certainly deserves the same commitment with its contracts (the > AGPL license) than your financial > investors get with their investment contracts. After all, > investment of OpenERP/Odoo "community" > weights quite a bit more than 6 millions euros... > > So it sounds fair to ask for commitment to AGPL before community > contribute you more free code to your ecoystem, no? > > So am just asking about that commitment and I think this is > legitimate from somebody or community who > participated heavily on the ecosystem investment of OpenERP/Odoo. > Sorry if you found it offensive, but my question about commitment > to AGPL was serious in fact. > > > Regards. > > -- > Raphaël Valyi > Founder and consultant > http://twitter.com/rvalyi <http://twitter.com/#%21/rvalyi> > +55 21 3942-2434 <tel:%2B55%2021%203942-2434> > www.akretion.com <http://www.akretion.com/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenerp-community> > Post to : openerp-community@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:openerp-community@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenerp-community> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > Post to : openerp-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Alexandre Fayolle Chef de Projet Tel : + 33 (0)4 79 26 57 94 Camptocamp France SAS Savoie Technolac, BP 352 73377 Le Bourget du Lac Cedex http://www.camptocamp.com
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