Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] The Great Licensing Discussion

2011-12-20 Thread John Locke
Personally I prefer GPLv2 over GPLv3. I'm somewhat agnostic about GPL vs BSD -- I do like GPL v2 a lot, and like its mechanism for protecting end customers -- but I also work on some BSD-licensed projects and have no qualms about a license switch. I would agree with your assessment, Chris, about d

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] The Great Licensing Discussion

2011-12-20 Thread Pete Houston
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:03:43AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > I'm not a current contributor but as user and potential contributor I'd > prefer to see the project stay with GPLv2 and away from GPLv3. BSD is > ok but I prefer GPLv2 (or LGPL, or GPLv2 with stated exceptions). IMHO > GPLv3 is overre

[Ledger-smb-devel] 1.3.10-rc1 out

2011-12-20 Thread Chris Travers
Hi all; LedgerSMB 1.3.10-rc1 has been released. The complete changelog is below. Currently I believe it looks like after this we are moving to a release every 2 weeks for a couple releases, then we will probably shift down to monthly releases. Bug reports and bug fixes are slowing. Best Wishes

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] The Great Licensing Discussion

2011-12-20 Thread Chris Travers
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Michael Richardson wrote: > >> "Chris" == Chris Travers writes: >    Chris> So, suppose we do this.  What would it mean for contribution? > >    Chris> If you are a current developer, would you be more or less >    Chris> likely to contribute in the future if

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] The Great Licensing Discussion

2011-12-20 Thread Chris Travers
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:03 AM, John Hasler wrote: > I'm not a current contributor but as user and potential contributor I'd > prefer to see the project stay with GPLv2 and away from GPLv3.  BSD is > ok but I prefer GPLv2 (or LGPL, or GPLv2 with stated exceptions).  IMHO > GPLv3 is overreaching (

[Ledger-smb-devel] where to save url of vendor/customer website

2011-12-20 Thread herman vierendeels
What would be the best place/way to save the url of vendor/customer website ? Thanks Herman -- Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] The Great Licensing Discussion

2011-12-20 Thread John Hasler
I'm not a current contributor but as user and potential contributor I'd prefer to see the project stay with GPLv2 and away from GPLv3. BSD is ok but I prefer GPLv2 (or LGPL, or GPLv2 with stated exceptions). IMHO GPLv3 is overreaching (it's patent clauses may constitute copyright abuse), unduly r

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] The Great Licensing Discussion

2011-12-20 Thread Michael Richardson
> "Chris" == Chris Travers writes: Chris> So, suppose we do this. What would it mean for contribution? Chris> If you are a current developer, would you be more or less Chris> likely to contribute in the future if the code was Chris> BSD-licensed? Chris> If you are not a