For vPIP release 1.13c: The license.txt has been updated to list the current licenses of the vPIP components.
The readme.html file now points to http://vpip.org for the most recent documentation. Thanks, Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Enric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen" > <solitude@> wrote: > > > > Den 16.11.2007 kl. 13:35 skrev Jay dedman <jay.dedman@>: > > > > > vPIP is GPL....so if you wanted to help optimize this feature... > > > > I've been confused about the license of vPIP for a while now, maybe > Enric > > can help out. > > > > I realise that I'm one of the few people who have actually read > through > > the vPIP source code more than once starting with the first versions > Enric > > released way back when and as a result some of my obversations are > more > > esoteric. > > > > The licenses.txt states that the cirneViewer.swf is conventional > copyright > > and the rest of the package is LGPL (not GPL). But vPIP consists of a > > collection of scripts, some by Enric, some not. > > > > * The .js files contain text stating that they are covered by the X11 > > license. > > * jQuery is either MIT or GPL (I'm guessing MIT is what enric chose > since > > bundling it would be impossible under GPL). > > * The thickbox is clearly marked as Creative Commons > > Attribution-ShareAlike, but the thickbox parts of vpip.js are not > marked > > so it's impossible to see which parts of the file are LGPL or X11 or > CC > > BY-SA. > > * Cortado is GPL as far as I know, but I can't find a note about this > > anywhere in the vPIP package > > * The source code for the code generator is nowhere to be found > making the > > LGPL license kinda worthless since it's impossible to do anything > with the > > complied swf file. > > * The jeroen flv player bundled has no license information, but if > it's > > identical to the one on his website it's CC BY-NC-SA, not LGPL. > > > > This kind of stuff is important to get sorted out. It needs to be very > > clear what parts are covered by which license. Especially considering > > projects like Show in a Box which states that "everything here is open > > source" (when it's clearly not that simple). > > > > - Andreas > > > > -- > > Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen > > http://www.solitude.dk/ > > > > > Thank you for bringing these details up. Both the license.txt and > readme.html are months out of date. I will do this for the next > release of vPIP: > > - Update lincese.txt to list all licenses for all code. > - Provide and include source for all SWF files that are not the > cineViewer (name changed from cirneViewer) flash application. > - Change readme.html to point to the documentation at http://vpip.org > > Note: - The Jeroen FLV Player is not included in vPIP. There is a > ..\jeroen directory that has graphical assets for building in the > flash player, cineViewer's, interface to look similar to one of the > jeroen flv player interfaces. > - All vPIP code except the cineViewer application will be > licensed under X11 (or MIT License): > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License > > -- Enric >
