Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread Eike Stepper
Am 01.03.2022 um 19:30 schrieb Jörg Kubitz: So here is my proposal:  Splash screen for 4.23 (2022-03) "Make software not War" https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/platform/eclipse.platform/+/191325/1/platform/org.eclipse.platform/splash.png I like it. And I like the idea. The colors could even be a bit

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread Stephan Herrmann
Let me add a general word of caution: Your intentions to show solidarity with Ukraine totally make sense - from a German point of view, from a western point of view. I'd much hope this would be the unamimous position, but we shouldn't presume so in our global community. In our community we

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread Jörg Kubitz
So here is my proposal:  Splash screen for 4.23 (2022-03) "Make software not War" https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/platform/eclipse.platform/+/191325/1/platform/org.eclipse.platform/splash.png What about changing the splash screen (bug 575781) to a message (for example Ukraine flag blue + yellow).

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Sad News

2022-03-01 Thread Gunnar Wagenknecht
My deepest condolences to Kit's family and colleagues. It's sad to hear this. -Gunnar -- Gunnar Wagenknecht gun...@wagenknecht.org, http://guw.io/ > On Mar 1, 2022, at 16:42, Pradeep Balachandran wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > I have a sad news to share. > > Kit Lo, Technical Lead for

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread Mike Milinkovich
On 2022-03-01 10:15 a.m., jkubitz-ecli...@gmx.de wrote: Mike, i fully agree that anyof geopolitical silos is failure. Same to sports: it is a failure that Russia will not participate in this coming events. But that is a lesser harm then the murder of people. It’s a signal. We the people w

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Sad News

2022-03-01 Thread Jonah Graham
I am sorry to hear that. Please pass on my condolences to Kit's family and colleagues here in Eclipse Community, at IBM and elsewhere. Please take the time to enter your thoughts on Eclipse's memorial page too https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/memorials - I have started the entry (waiting for

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Sad News

2022-03-01 Thread Karsten Thoms
This is very sad to hear 😢 I am speechless. ~Karsten On 2022-03-01 10:42 a.m., Pradeep Balachandran wrote: Dear Friends, I have a sad news to share. Kit Lo, Technical Lead for IBM Eclipse SDK, based out of IBM RTP lab, passed away on Saturday, Feb 26th. He was on a routine run on Saturday and c

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Sad News

2022-03-01 Thread Mike Milinkovich
Pradeep, This is so sad. Our deepest condolences to Kit's family and colleagues. On 2022-03-01 10:42 a.m., Pradeep Balachandran wrote: Dear Friends, I have a sad news to share. Kit Lo, Technical Lead for IBM Eclipse SDK, based out of IBM RTP lab, passed away on Saturday, Feb 26th. He was on

[cross-project-issues-dev] Sad News

2022-03-01 Thread Pradeep Balachandran
Dear Friends, I have a sad news to share. Kit Lo, Technical Lead for IBM Eclipse SDK, based out of IBM RTP lab, passed away on Saturday, Feb 26th. He was on a routine run on Saturday and collapsed on the way. Kit has been with IBM for 32+ years, working in various roles and different teams. In

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread jkubitz-eclipse
Mike, i fully agree that any of geopolitical silos is failure. Same to sports: it is a failure that Russia will not participate in this coming events. But that is a lesser harm then the murder of people. It’s a signal. We the people who want peaceful and prosperous future must not wait for

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread Jonah Graham
Thank you Mike for your comments. Personally I find that we (the collective Eclipse community) are very impacted by the current events - like so many people in the world. Eclipse projects have many active community members in Ukraine and Russia and that personal connection we have makes it hard to

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread Mike Milinkovich
Jörg, Factually, what you are implying about the EPL is incorrect. Like the GPL the EPL is also a free software license, as is every other license used by Eclipse Foundation projects. And the 4 freedoms referenced by Boris fully apply to every project here. Implementing what you are suggestin

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread Nitin Dahyabhai
Software licensed under the GPL and EPL are licensed software. Neither should be treated as if they were public domain. -- Regards, Nitin Dahyabhai Eclipse WTP PMC ___ cross-project-issues-dev mailing list cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org To unsubsc

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread jkubitz-eclipse
Dear Boris, Note that eclipse is not under GNU but EPL licensed. Therefore it is *not* public domain. Yours Jörg Von: cross-project-issues-dev Im Auftrag von Boris Baldassari Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. März 2022 13:53 An: Cross project issues Betreff: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Soft

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread Boris Baldassari
Dear Jörg, Note: this is my personal opinion and does not engage anyone else. Whatever we think about the current situation, the 4 freedoms that define free/libre open source software absolutely forbid us, or anybody, to do that. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition Ch

[cross-project-issues-dev] Open Software without Free Trade.

2022-03-01 Thread jkubitz-eclipse
Dear fellow eclipse contributors, Russian invaded Ukraine. As a response international sanctions taken place. Sanctions are not only done by governments but also by sports, business corporations and individuals. I ask eclipse foundation to join sanctions: Please assist all efforts to stop that