Re: [Emc-developers] EMC's license status

2007-01-27 Thread Dmitry M. Shatrov
В Вск, 28/01/2007 в 02:03 +0200, Alex Joni пишет: > Front page www.linuxcnc.org : > > To me that is quite clear. To me as well. Were it anything but 03:08 AM, I'd noticed that there at the bottom. But it's common to have a separate section like "licensing" or "about->licence". It's an important p

Re: [Emc-developers] EMC's license status

2007-01-27 Thread Alex Joni
> Of course it would be nice if there was a clear license statement at > EMC > web site. I couldn't find one after a short surfing session. I tend to disagree on this part: Front page www.linuxcnc.org : "EMC2 is a software system for computer control of machine tools such as milling machines,

Re: [Emc-developers] EMC's license status

2007-01-27 Thread Dmitry M. Shatrov
Ray Henry: > > Hey guys, before we spend a lot of time chasing the thoughts of someone > working against our project we need to think seriously about what the > GPL, LGPL, and GPLD is supposed to do for us and what these licenses > really require of us. I don't want you to get me wrong and to tre

Re: [Emc-developers] EMC's license status

2007-01-27 Thread Ray Henry
Hey guys, before we spend a lot of time chasing the thoughts of someone working against our project we need to think seriously about what the GPL, LGPL, and GPLD is supposed to do for us and what these licenses really require of us. We asserted GPL for most all of the original NIST software when

Re: [Emc-developers] EMC's license status

2007-01-27 Thread Jon Elson
ben lipkowitz wrote: >Recently a talented programmer who had written his own real-time linux >based cnc control showed up on the irc channel. When I asked him why he >chose to write his own software instead of contributing to our project, he >replied that, among other things, he was unsure if E

Re: [Emc-developers] EMC's license status

2007-01-27 Thread Alex Joni
Hi fenn, > Recently a talented programmer who had written his own real-time > linux > based cnc control showed up on the irc channel. When I asked him why > he > chose to write his own software instead of contributing to our > project, he > replied that, among other things, he was unsure if EMC

Re: [Emc-developers] EMC's license status

2007-01-27 Thread Alex Joni
> Fenn, > > Good idea, but slightly wrong approach. Instead of "if anyone is > certain...", the approach should be to audit the system. that is a good idea, I myself have done thise more than once, but I have to admit I kept no records. (I still plan to write a longer email in reply to Fenn ..)

Re: [Emc-developers] EMC's license status

2007-01-27 Thread Kenneth Lerman
Fenn, Good idea, but slightly wrong approach. Instead of "if anyone is certain...", the approach should be to audit the system. Someone should create a list of files (possibly in a spreadsheet). Then, every file should be examined and certified by the examiner to have a license incorporated withi

[Emc-developers] EMC's license status

2007-01-27 Thread ben lipkowitz
Recently a talented programmer who had written his own real-time linux based cnc control showed up on the irc channel. When I asked him why he chose to write his own software instead of contributing to our project, he replied that, among other things, he was unsure if EMC was fully GPL complian