[Biococoa-dev] license

Alexander Griekspoor mekentosj at gmail.com
Fri Jul 21 00:18:54 EDT 2006


Go ahead Koen, I also agree with the remarks about the 1.7 version.
Thanks!
Alex


On 21-jul-2006, at 3:27, Koen van der Drift wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Now that the poster already shows the CC license, it's time to add  
> that to the project as well. Based on the license type we agreed  
> on, I suggest we add the following text to each source and header  
> file:
>
> //  Copyright (c) 2005 The BioCocoa Project. All rights reserved.
> //
> //  This code is covered by the Creative Commons Share-Alike  
> Attribution license.
> //	You are free:
> //	to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
> //	to make derivative works
> //	to make commercial use of the work
> //
> //	Under the following conditions:
> //	You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the  
> author or licensor.
> //	If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may  
> distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to  
> this one.
> //
> //	For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the  
> license terms of this work.
> //	Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from  
> the copyright holder.
> //
> //       For more info see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- 
> sa/2.5/
>
>
> I guess we will also have to add an extended version as a separate  
> file to the project.
>
> If nobody objects and/or has any comments, I will add this to all  
> the files in BioCocoa 2.0 in the next couple of days. The current  
> release (1.7) still has the LGPL license and I don't think we  
> should change that. Howver, in that case the poster should mention  
> that the CC license is for the 2.0 release only.
>
>
> cheers,
>
> - Koen.
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2006, at 8:10 AM, Alexander Griekspoor wrote:
>
>> Sounds good to me Koen.
>> Alex
>>
>> On 7-jul-2006, at 3:39, Koen van der Drift wrote:
>>
>>> So I had a quick look at the CC website, and through a couple of  
>>> questions, ended up with the following license: http:// 
>>> creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/. Basically it allows  
>>> BioCocoa to be used in bot non- and commercial apps, and allows  
>>> people to modify the code, as long as they use the same license,  
>>> and inform other users of their modifications. I couldn't find  
>>> anything about using parts of the framework.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> - Koen.
>>>
>>> On Jul 2, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Peter Schols wrote:
>>>
>>>> Guys,
>>>>
>>>> If nobody takes offense, I'd propose to switch the entire  
>>>> project to a CC license. It indeed gives even more freedom to  
>>>> the framework clients.
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 02 Jul 2006, at 17:36, Alexander Griekspoor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I agree with you Koen. I don't really care either. The  
>>>>> difference is mainly that with the Creative Commons you can  
>>>>> also take parts, with LGPL you have to use the framework as a  
>>>>> whole. With the views, the latter would be difficult. I could  
>>>>> be wrong though. Maybe Peter can tell more and/or has a  
>>>>> different opinion.
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2-jul-2006, at 16:33, Koen van der Drift wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the website the BioCocoa is stated as GNU LGPL. However,  
>>>>>> some of the classes that Alex provided have a Creative Commons  
>>>>>> license. I don't really care which one we use (as long as it  
>>>>>> is freely available and useable for everyone), but at least I  
>>>>>> think we should have the same license for the whole project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Koen.
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