I don't see the point of moving to the MIT license, I'm not against it, I
just don't see the point.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:32 PM Jon Trulson <j...@radscan.com> wrote:
> On 06/12/2018 05:22 PM, Chase wrote:
> > The headers can be changed with a simple used find and replace.
> >
>
> Which touches a lot of files and can be error prone...
>
> > It wasn't the install database, my bad, was thinking of something
> different, its used in dtinfo, for the library dtmmdb, but the point still
> stands that we do not possess copyright of that code.
> >
>
> Well, what would we do about it then? Just like with LGPL, we can of
> course distribute it. So we would then need an MIT license for
> everything expect the berkely stuff, which I assume it BSD licensed?
> Looking at the license, it seems we are fine with it...
>
> The first 2 clauses are just like MIT. The 3rd clause - we do not
> advertise our use of it, so that one doesn't matter. 4th clause is
> irrelevant for us. So I'm not seeing the problem...
>
>
> > I guess the only way to get the ball rolling is to wait for peter to get
> back then... Shame as our move to MIT could fix the licensing issues when
> trying to implement a newer version of ast-ksh.
> >
>
> Which also will not happen this release. I don't know, really what the
> options are for us - I'm not a lawyer. Peter was the one who chose LGPL
> for CDE along with TOG - though it seemed it didn't really matter to
> them (TOG). So, may not be a big deal.
>
>
> > We would like to be GPL compatible so that other GPL projects could use
> our code and contribute towards it.
> >
>
> We are currently GPL compatible. If/when we move to MIT, we will still
> be GPL compatible... What am I missing?
>
> -jon
>
> >
> > Thank you for your time,
> >
> > -Chase
> >
> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >
> > On June 12, 2018 6:05 PM, Jon Trulson <j...@radscan.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On 06/11/2018 06:15 PM, Chase via cdesktopenv-devel wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I would like to know, what is holding up our move to the MIT license?
> >>
> >> Well, I'd like to move to an MIT license, but I haven't heard any other
> >>
> >> opinions. I am also not sure what would be involved, or ultimately,
> >>
> >> whether there are any legal issues in doing so... I think Peter would
> >>
> >> have to weigh in on that, and maybe even TOG? Maybe not.
> >>
> >> Then there would be the fun job of swapping out all of the LGPL license
> >>
> >> headers for MIT ones.
> >>
> >> I don't think this is something that will be done quickly, certainly not
> >>
> >> in time for an official release, which I'd like to not put off too long.
> >>
> >>> The only thing I can think of are the btree_berkeley files which we
> have
> >>>
> >>> no rights to, but those are only used for the database for
> installation,
> >>>
> >>> which we could get rid of if we fixed make install, it's all tied
> >>>
> >>> together... How would one go about fixing make install anyways?
> >>
> >> So - You are saying these btree berkely files are used by the install
> >>
> >> database? I wasn't aware of that - I had though it was all shell script
> >>
> >> driven. Where is this database, and why is it a problem?
> >>
> >>> Also, could we relicense the assets to CC-BY-SA-4.0? This ensures GPL
> >>>
> >>> compatibility.
> >>
> >> Let's not re-license anything in this round. If we were MIT, then would
> >>
> >> we even care about GPL compatibility?
> >>
> >> -jon
> >>
> >>> Thank you for your time,
> >>>
> >>> -Chase
> >>>
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> >> Jon Trulson
> >>
> >> "Fire all weapons and open a hailing frequency for my victory yodle."
> >>
> >> - Zapp Brannigan
> >>
> >>
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