On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Frank Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I wrote a private email to Jean. Some aspects I write here as comments to > Richard an Jean. > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 08:11:29AM +0200, nap wrote: > [...] >> First mail : >> <<<<<------ >> Richard Stallman <[email protected]> >> reply-to [email protected] >> to nap <[email protected]> >> cc [email protected] >> date Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:23 PM >> subject Re: AGPL software reimplementation of a GPLv2 one is allowed? >> mailed-by gnu.org >> >> >> I am not a lawyer, but I know the answer is not so simple. >> >> You can use the algorithms you learn from reading their code, but >> translating the code into another language would surely infringe >> copyright. For intermediate possibilities, the answer may not be >> clear, so you would need to talk with a lawyer for advice. >> <<<<<<---- EOF > > In Germany lawyers talk about something called "Schoepfungshoehe" if you > want to register a patent. It can be translated with "level of > innovation". IMHO this aspect is also important here. Jean looked into > Nagios code. But if this code was a "simple" or "standard" algorithm then > it will be impossible to claim any rights for it. > > [...] >> Like you should already see, we remove "reimplementation" and "fork" >> from all places we can. Now Shinken is "compatible with". This should >> be better for both projects to do not think our codes are inherited. > > Maybe you should specify it more: "compatible with Nagios plugins", > "compatible with ..." > > I think it's better if you don't mention "Nagios" but only "Nagios > Plugins", "Nagios API" or something else. No lawyer should think that > there's a job for him to be done. ;-) Good suggestion. "Compatible with Nagios(r) API and plugins"? Is is clear that configuration is in API?
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