Re: [Emc-developers] Controlling EMC from a non-GPL application

2008-11-22 Thread Jon Elson
paul_c wrote: > On Saturday 22 November 2008, Jon Elson wrote: > >> Aren't the licenses right in EACH code file? >> > > Most, yes. But nowhere is there a list of which licences are involved or to > which binaries they apply. Not a problem for a user (generally), but if > anyone > is redi

Re: [Emc-developers] Controlling EMC from a non-GPL application

2008-11-22 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 07:39:10PM +, paul_c wrote: > As has already been pointed out, there is one file (as an example) claiming > to > be GPL2, pluto_step_rbf.h - In it's self, an autogenerated file from > pluto_step.rbf - The HDL sources are labelled as "GPL ver 2 or later".. > Now, if Ep

Re: [Emc-developers] Controlling EMC from a non-GPL application

2008-11-22 Thread paul_c
On Saturday 22 November 2008, Jon Elson wrote: > Aren't the licenses right in EACH code file? Most, yes. But nowhere is there a list of which licences are involved or to which binaries they apply. Not a problem for a user (generally), but if anyone is redistributing this stuff, it should be - Wi

Re: [Emc-developers] Controlling EMC from a non-GPL application

2008-11-22 Thread Steve Stallings
Mario, Not quite, the code that Artsoft benefited from came from the version of EMC before EMC2. Also the closed source nature of their software and its rapid evolution have resulted in code that is significantly different from the EMC2 of today and which struggles to cope with the inevitable bug

Re: [Emc-developers] Controlling EMC from a non-GPL application

2008-11-22 Thread Mario .
>He upset me when he began bragging that > he had fixed a number of bugs without noting that the code he had used > was experimental rather than released. His followers latched onto that > implying that EMC was not well thought out or executed. When we asked > where these bugs were located, he w

Re: [Emc-developers] Controlling EMC from a non-GPL application

2008-11-22 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Ray, Adding on, halrmt is to halcmd as emcrsh is to emcsh and is described here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Halrmt Regards, Eric Adding the use of HAL messaging is another issue that may need a bit of legal clarification. My memory is foggy these days but I think that the int

Re: [Emc-developers] Controlling EMC from a non-GPL application

2008-11-22 Thread Ray Henry
There seems to be a deliberate lack of clarity with this whole proprietary v gpl/lgpl stuff in this thread. It's not that the developers are incorrect but more incomplete. You should consider this post to be my opinion and a near rant and you might want to stay away. On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 05:46