Re: [Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-30 Thread Lars Marowsky-Bree
On 2006-08-29T13:36:41, Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The point of renaming them *gpl is that it would be impossible to > accidentally link against one. Therefore anyone who is doing it, knew > perfectly well what they were doing when they did it. I'm not a lawyer, but legally spea

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-29 Thread Alan Robertson
Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote: > On 2006-08-23T14:41:08, Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Not that I know of. I just thought this might make things clearer to >> those who want to link to our libraries - which ones are under which >> license. > > I _do_ agree we need to document which A

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-28 Thread Lars Marowsky-Bree
On 2006-08-23T14:41:08, Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not that I know of. I just thought this might make things clearer to > those who want to link to our libraries - which ones are under which > license. I _do_ agree we need to document which APIs/ABIs we want to support (if any),

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-24 Thread Alan Robertson
David Lee wrote: > On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Keisuke MORI wrote: > >> Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Matthew Soffen wrote: I don't see it being any problem. Is there any "convention" that other projects use ? >>> >>> Not that I know of. I just thought this might make things c

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-24 Thread David Lee
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Keisuke MORI wrote: > Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Matthew Soffen wrote: > >> I don't see it being any problem. > >> Is there any "convention" that other projects use ? > > > > > > Not that I know of. I just thought this might make things clearer to > > thos

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-24 Thread Alan Robertson
Keisuke MORI wrote: > Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Matthew Soffen wrote: >>> I don't see it being any problem. >>> Is there any "convention" that other projects use ? >> >> Not that I know of. I just thought this might make things clearer to >> those who want to link to our librar

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-24 Thread Keisuke MORI
Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Matthew Soffen wrote: >> I don't see it being any problem. >> Is there any "convention" that other projects use ? > > > Not that I know of. I just thought this might make things clearer to > those who want to link to our libraries - which ones are under

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Alan Robertson
Matthew Soffen wrote: > I don't see it being any problem. > Is there any "convention" that other projects use ? Not that I know of. I just thought this might make things clearer to those who want to link to our libraries - which ones are under which license. For those who are linking to our GPL

Re: [Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Matthew Soffen
I don't see it being any problem. Is there any "convention" that other projects use ? Matt Alan Robertson wrote: Hi, I've been thinking about our conventions for naming libraries. It seems to me to be somewhat confusing for the novice to tell which libraries of ours are GPL and which are LG

[Linux-ha-dev] thoughts about library naming conventions

2006-08-23 Thread Alan Robertson
Hi, I've been thinking about our conventions for naming libraries. It seems to me to be somewhat confusing for the novice to tell which libraries of ours are GPL and which are LGPL. So, I had an idea I'd like some feedback on. How about if we named all our GPLed libraries libxxxgpl instead of j