Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-20 Thread Chris Travers
Hi Decibel; I guess this goes more into the field of business development than code or licenses, but I enjoy such conversations so... :-) > My argument still stands. If someone else can support your code better > than you can, you've got a serious problem. (My views are my own, etc., > etc.) A

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-20 Thread Decibel!
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:01:47AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Decibel! wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 11:26:34AM -0700, John Locke wrote: > >> As a commercial company, I prefer releasing code under the GPL instead > >> of the LGPL (or th

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] [Ledger-smb-users] Report queries

2007-08-20 Thread Chris Travers
On 8/20/07, M Lubratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello! > > Can anyone point me to where the report queries are generated (balance > sheet and income statement)? I have to alter the reports slightly (make the > reports per share). Any help would be appreciated! The best forum for these sor

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] License questions part 2: Interop issues?

2007-08-20 Thread Chris Travers
I don't agree with the assertion that the Mono cases don't apply to us due to the fact that "linking" is not used in the same sense in Mono-type applications as in C or even Perl. Even if it were, the only people who draw such a line are the FSF (and it is not in the license, just the FAQ). (Does

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-20 Thread Chris Travers
There is a lot of rhetoric about what the GPL does or doesn't do. I am going to try to help cut through some of this based on my experiences in both GPL and BSD-type communities. On 8/20/07, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ok, sorry, the 'kool aid' remark does go beyond simply

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-20 Thread Chris Travers
On 8/20/07, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christopher Murtagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Sure, but I don't really see the much of an advantage in our case to > change > > licenses (to v3 or LGPL). At the moment, I don't see the current license > > causing any problems or confusio

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] License questions part 2: Interop issues?

2007-08-20 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Travers wrote: > Hi all; > > The discussion about the GPL v3 has caused me to think about one other key > area we probably all need to consider: Are there portions of our appliction > that may require additional permissions (beyond the GPL v2 o

[Ledger-smb-devel] License questions part 2: Interop issues?

2007-08-20 Thread Chris Travers
Hi all; The discussion about the GPL v3 has caused me to think about one other key area we probably all need to consider: Are there portions of our appliction that may require additional permissions (beyond the GPL v2 or later) in order to facilitate interop with other systems. I hope everyone

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-20 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 MJ Ray wrote: > Christopher Murtagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >> Sure, but I don't really see the much of an advantage in our case to change >> licenses (to v3 or LGPL). At the moment, I don't see the current license >> causing any problems o

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-20 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Josh Berkus wrote: > On Saturday 18 August 2007 10:47, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> As a core member, if it were up to me, we would ditch GPL all together. >> I don't subscribe to the ideology present within it nor do I drink RMS >> brand kool aid. > > S

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-20 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Decibel! wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 11:26:34AM -0700, John Locke wrote: >> As a commercial company, I prefer releasing code under the GPL instead >> of the LGPL (or the Apache or the BSD licenses, etc), simply because it >> prevents competitors f

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-20 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christopher Murtagh wrote: > On Saturday 18 August 2007 13:47:32 Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> As a core member, if it were up to me, we would ditch GPL all together. > > Fortunately IMO, we're not able to do so without a total re-write of the > softwar

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-20 Thread MJ Ray
Christopher Murtagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Sure, but I don't really see the much of an advantage in our case to change > licenses (to v3 or LGPL). At the moment, I don't see the current license > causing any problems or confusion with anyone. Changing licenses makes people > leery t