Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-04 Thread Dalibor Topic
On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 02:17:03PM -0500, Davanum Srinivas wrote: > My 2 cents, As a committer on the most forked SOAP engine on the > planet (Apache Axis - > http://wiki.apache.org/ws/FrontPage/Axis/AxisBeingUsed)..i can safely > say that this is why i keep working on Apache stuff, you never know

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-04 Thread Davanum Srinivas
My 2 cents, As a committer on the most forked SOAP engine on the planet (Apache Axis - http://wiki.apache.org/ws/FrontPage/Axis/AxisBeingUsed)..i can safely say that this is why i keep working on Apache stuff, you never know where your code will turn up next. For example (http://www.hpsearch.org/d

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-04 Thread Leo Simons
Anthony, On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 11:03:44PM -0800, Anthony Green wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 07:16 -0800, Leo Simons wrote: > > I didn't take notes but one of the many things I took away from this is > > that it might > > be a real good idea to try and see if classpath can be LGPLed; Mark seem

Re: Full disclosure - GPL exception stuff (licensing - yuck!)

2005-12-04 Thread David N. Welton
Fred Fox wrote: >>I don't >>care how 'free java' is licensed, as long as I can link proprietary code >>to it if needs be, and it frees me from using Sun's java, and all the >>restrictions that that entails. > > > The day you don't just want to link proprietary code, but want to make a > propriet

Re: Full disclosure - GPL exception stuff (licensing - yuck!)

2005-12-04 Thread Dalibor Topic
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 06:20:18PM -0500, Fred Fox wrote: > > I don't > > care how 'free java' is licensed, as long as I can link proprietary code > > to it if needs be, and it frees me from using Sun's java, and all the > > restrictions that that entails. > > The day you don't just want to link p

Re: Full disclosure - GPL exception stuff (licensing - yuck!)

2005-12-03 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 3, 2005, at 5:23 PM, David N. Welton wrote: Perhaps the difference is that with the bits and pieces of gcc that you get, you don't even realize that you have them, which is different from noting that you have several .jar files floating around in your download that aren't under the s

Re: Full disclosure - GPL exception stuff (licensing - yuck!)

2005-12-03 Thread Fred Fox
> I don't > care how 'free java' is licensed, as long as I can link proprietary code > to it if needs be, and it frees me from using Sun's java, and all the > restrictions that that entails. The day you don't just want to link proprietary code, but want to make a proprietary modification to Grego

Re: Full disclosure - GPL exception stuff (licensing - yuck!)

2005-12-03 Thread Dalibor Topic
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 11:23:02PM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: > Perhaps the difference is that with the bits and pieces of gcc that you > get, you don't even realize that you have them, which is different from > noting that you have several .jar files floating around in your > download that are

Re: Full disclosure - GPL exception stuff (licensing - yuck!)

2005-12-03 Thread David N. Welton
Perhaps the difference is that with the bits and pieces of gcc that you get, you don't even realize that you have them, which is different from noting that you have several .jar files floating around in your download that aren't under the same terms as the rest of the code. As far as I'm concerne

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-03 Thread Dalibor Topic
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 07:32:15PM +0100, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > Dalibor Topic wrote: > > >I'd like to see the ASF allow use of code under the GPL+linking exception > >as well, as that is necessary for the Apache httpd builds made using gcc > >that are > >distributed from Apache.org anyway, a

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-03 Thread Dalibor Topic
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 02:19:15PM -0500, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Dalibor Topic wrote: > > > > >I'd like to see the ASF allow use of code under the GPL+linking > >exception > >as well, as that is necessary for the Apache httpd builds made > >using gcc that a

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-03 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 3, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Dalibor Topic wrote: I'd like to see the ASF allow use of code under the GPL+linking exception as well, as that is necessary for the Apache httpd builds made using gcc that are distributed from Apache.org anyway, and would allow us to ship gcc- compiled binari

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-03 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Dalibor Topic wrote: I'd like to see the ASF allow use of code under the GPL+linking exception as well, as that is necessary for the Apache httpd builds made using gcc that are distributed from Apache.org anyway, and would allow us to ship gcc-compiled binaries of Harmony. Someone tell the htt

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-03 Thread Fred Fox
ROTECTED]> To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Full disclosure Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 09:01:37 -0800 > > On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 04:24:10PM +0100, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > > Anthony Green wrote: > > > > >But what would be the point of a relicensing effor

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-03 Thread Dalibor Topic
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 08:11:22PM -0500, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2005, at 9:13 AM, Anthony Green wrote: > > >On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 10:47 -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: > >> > >>Yup. I think dual licensing with the LGPL should be sufficient for > >>that to happen, > >>and get us roll

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-03 Thread Dalibor Topic
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 04:24:10PM +0100, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > Anthony Green wrote: > > >But what would be the point of a relicensing effort like this? AFAICT, > >many people here show no interest in collaborating on a single free > >class library project. > > uh? nobody ever mentioned tha

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-03 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 2, 2005, at 9:13 AM, Anthony Green wrote: On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 10:47 -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: Yup. I think dual licensing with the LGPL should be sufficient for that to happen, and get us rolling forward in that aspect as well. Rather than dual license the code, maybe switching t

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-03 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 2, 2005, at 3:23 PM, Elliott Draper wrote: Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: *snip* Sometimes, it's easier to rewrite some code than to convince people to relicense. *snip* Perhaps this is one of those times? I don't wish to negate the valiant efforts of those trying to resolve the li

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-02 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Anthony Green wrote: But what would be the point of a relicensing effort like this? AFAICT, many people here show no interest in collaborating on a single free class library project. uh? nobody ever mentioned that harmony was about "a single free class library project". I, personally, don'

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-02 Thread Dalibor Topic
Anthony Green wrote: > On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 10:47 -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: > >>Yup. I think dual licensing with the LGPL should be sufficient for >>that to happen, >>and get us rolling forward in that aspect as well. > > > Rather than dual license the code, maybe switching to LGPL+exception

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-02 Thread Elliott Draper
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: *snip* Sometimes, it's easier to rewrite some code than to convince people to relicense. *snip* Perhaps this is one of those times? I don't wish to negate the valiant efforts of those trying to resolve the licensing issues, but I think that as an aside, maybe it

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-02 Thread Anthony Green
On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 10:47 -0800, Dalibor Topic wrote: > > Yup. I think dual licensing with the LGPL should be sufficient for > that to happen, > and get us rolling forward in that aspect as well. Rather than dual license the code, maybe switching to LGPL+exception would be better. The GNU FOO+

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-01 Thread Dalibor Topic
relicense or even simply dual license itself as LGPL, > it would make it possible to *automatically* have Harmony use that > licensing bridge without further legal issues. Yup. I think dual licensing with the LGPL should be sufficient for that to happen, and get us rolling forward in that

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-01 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 1, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: Sometimes, it's easier to rewrite some code than to convince people to relicense. Sometimes, it's easier to relicense some code than to convince people that mixing two licenses is: a) legal and b) useful for their ultimate goal.

Re: Full disclosure

2005-12-01 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
des (yes, they exist), but it will take some time nevertheless. If (and I say *IF*, I'm not suggesting anything to anybody) GNU Classpath was to relicense or even simply dual license itself as LGPL, it would make it possible to *automatically* have Harmony use that licensing bridge w

Re: Full disclosure

2005-11-30 Thread Anthony Green
On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 07:16 -0800, Leo Simons wrote: > I didn't take notes but one of the many things I took away from this is that > it might > be a real good idea to try and see if classpath can be LGPLed; Mark seemed to > think > that is not an unattainable goal. When I get my hands on some sp

Re: Full disclosure

2005-11-28 Thread Dalibor Topic
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 08:52:59PM +0100, Martin van den Bemt wrote: > > > >Isn't everything within cycling distance in .nl anyway? :) > > > > I challenge you to prove that by cycling from Leo's place to my place ;) > I am afraid that would end just like the Opera dude's swim across the Atlantic

Re: Full disclosure

2005-11-28 Thread Martin van den Bemt
Isn't everything within cycling distance in .nl anyway? :) I challenge you to prove that by cycling from Leo's place to my place ;) Mvgr, Martin

Re: Full disclosure

2005-11-28 Thread Santiago Gala
El lun, 28-11-2005 a las 08:41 -0800, Dalibor Topic escribió: > Isn't everything within cycling distance in .nl anyway? :) Not really, some things are withing walking distance, IIRC :) signature.asc Description: Esta parte del mensaje está firmada digitalmente

Re: Full disclosure

2005-11-28 Thread Dalibor Topic
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 07:16:14AM -0800, Leo Simons wrote: > Hi gang! > > I had dinner with Mark (Wielaard) last week. Indonesian food. We talked. > Quite a bit > about Harmony, actually. It was fun. Afterwards we had only two beers each > (though 3 > out of 4 were Belgian), for which I apologi

Re: Full disclosure

2005-11-28 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Nov 28, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Leo Simons wrote: Hi gang! I had dinner with Mark (Wielaard) last week. Indonesian food. We talked. Quite a bit about Harmony, actually. It was fun. Afterwards we had only two beers each (though 3 out of 4 were Belgian), for which I apologize, but it was a T

Full disclosure

2005-11-28 Thread Leo Simons
Hi gang! I had dinner with Mark (Wielaard) last week. Indonesian food. We talked. Quite a bit about Harmony, actually. It was fun. Afterwards we had only two beers each (though 3 out of 4 were Belgian), for which I apologize, but it was a Thursday and we both had lots of stuff to do on the Frid