I've been thinking about DIA support--it's now the most asked-for feature. PalmSource distributes a very nice piece of sample code to adapt and use in one's application. Unfortunately, the code is distributed under a license that's the very opposite of the GPL: it prohibits re-distribution of the source! Would it be possible to ask PalmSource--and if so, whom would one ask and how--whether they would be willing to re-license? We're not the only open-source project that would like to use the code. (There is another GPL-based project that I'm on, and it uses the code. Now that I've found out that it's not GPL-compatible, I need to do something there.)
You're talking about the SampleCollapse code, right? I just checked, and here's the license:
You may incorporate this sample code (the "Code") into your applications for Palm OS(R) platform products and may use the Code to develop such applications without restriction. The Code is provided to you on an "AS IS" basis and the responsibility for its operation is 100% yours. PALMSOURCE, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (COLLECTIVELY, "PALMSOURCE") DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CODE, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES, TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT AND SATISFACTORY QUALITY. You are not permitted to redistribute the Code on a stand-alone basis and you may only redistribute the Code in object code form as incorporated into your applications. TO THE FULL EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, PALMSOURCE ALSO EXCLUDES ANY LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), FOR INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR FOR LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR DATA, OR OTHER FINANCIAL LOSS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE CODE. The Code is subject to Restricted Rights for U.S. government users and export regulations.
Yep -- that's pretty GPL unfriendly. I'll be in a position to affect this pretty soon, as I'm joining PalmSource's DTS group on March 1st. I don't know if I can get the sample code license changed to be more open, but I'll try. The "object-only" part doesn't seem very logical to me. Stuff like this really should have a BSD or MPL license, IMO.
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Ben Combee
Techwood Broadcasting Foundation, Austin Bureau Chief
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