Cool, thanks. On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Stefan Nerlich <[email protected] > wrote:
> ** Axton, > thank you for your email. I changed the license to GPL Version 2 and > updated the source archive ( http://devdor.org/files/src/arinside_src.zip ). > I appreciate your offer to host the source code. > > Thanks, > Stefan > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 11:26:05 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ARInside source code > To: [email protected] > > ** I do not know of a license that will prevent people from selling > software. The gpl offers some restrictions on selling of software in binary > form though, meaning they will have to provide the source for free, whether > or not a person purchases the software (which kind of makes moot selling the > software). The gpl has the restriction that people that make a binary form > available are also required to make the source code of the same available. > > > See this page for more information on gpl/selling: > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html > > While this may not directly state what you want, I think it will accomplish > what you would like to see. I would offer to host the source code for free > (no binaries). I do take donations for the support of arswiki.org, but I > think I've received upwards of 50USD in the last 4 years in donations; it's > not a money making effort. > > When you relicense/release under the terms of a license, you still own the > original code line up to the point of relicense so you can do with that as > you please (license, sell, rebrand, etc.), but once it is gpl'd, other > people that modify/contribute are copyright holders of their changes, so you > can not go out and take back other people's changes under the original terms > without consent from the other copyright holders. In essence, you give up > some of your rights to the software so that the software is free for others > to use it as they see fit under the terms of the license. > > The text of the GPL licenses are available here: > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php > > I think this covers your goals in the following ways: > 1. Your copyright will always be maintained in the source code > 2. The source code for anyone's changes (including your copyright), if made > public, will be required to be available to anyone > 3. It prevents other people from imposing further restrictions on the > software > 4. Binary form of the program, if it has a UI, should provide a means to > view the copyright holder information > 5. Disallows people from incorporating the software into closed source > programs (meaning the copyright will not be obfuscated nor will the code be > resold as part of a closed source project) > > And it would also have the following added benefits: > 1. You have a disclaimer of no implied warranty for MERCHANTABILITY or > FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE > > The gpl license is viral in nature, meaning that it perpetuates and forces > the software to be open and other software that uses the code to be open. > > While I am not trying to advocate any license, I am a fan of the bsd > license. It would by no means impose the openness restrictions the gpl does > though, so it may not be suited for your goals. The text of the bsd license > is available here: > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php > > As a disclaimer, I am not a lawyer, but I am an open source advocate and > try to stay knowledgeable on the subject. > > Axton > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Stefan Nerlich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > ** Hi Axton, > identifying the best license seems to be quite difficult. Of course i only > want to avoid that someone compiles ARInside, renames the executable to > (lets say) "Stargazer" and sells this as his own product. Nevertheless > ARInside is developed to work in commerical enviroment. Please suggest a > license that might fit our needs. > > Thanks, > Stefan > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 10:05:24 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ARInside source code > To: [email protected] > > ** Any chance you can release the code under a legally challenged/proven > open source license (see OSI approved licenses)? The terms outline in > COPYING.txt are nebulous and legally binding. The current terms are a legal > liability for anyone that hosts the source. > > > Axton Grams > > The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in > this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My > voluntary participation in this forum is not intended to convey a role as a > spokesperson, liaison or public relations representative for BMC Software, > Inc. > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 5:21 AM, Stefan Nerlich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > ** Hello List, > iam releasing the complete C++ source code for ARInside in the hope it will > be useful for someone. ARInside is a commandline application that generates > linked HTML pages to document ARSystem workflow. The program can be run in > online mode connecting to an ARSystem server or file mode using an ARSystem > Administrator generated XML server definition file. In advance a Packing > List with all ARSystem server objects not to include in the documentation > can be specified in the application configuration. ARInside has been awarded > as "Best 3rd Party ARSystem releated Product (Freeware)" by the ARSlist > 2006. > > http://devdor.org/files/src/arinside_src.zip (~300KB) > > I have converted the project successfully to Visual Studio 2008 but > Microsoft Visual C/C++ 6.0 and Remedy (C) ARSystem API 7.x or higher will be > sufficient to compile the project. Then, a working .exe should fall out of > the linker, if not, you've certainly done something wrong. Please DON'T > contact me in this case :) In any case, feel free to learn from these > sources, or maybe bash me for the bad coding style. > > Anyway, have a good time with this, > > Stefan Nerlich, > Dortmund, May 2009 > > ------------------------------ > Kein Werbe-Blabla - hier > klicken!<http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905FTP_SpringCampaign1> > _Platinum Sponsor: [email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are"_ > > > _Platinum Sponsor: [email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are"_ > ------------------------------ > Kein Werbe-Blabla - hier > klicken!<http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905FTP_SpringCampaign1> > _Platinum Sponsor: [email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are"_ > > > _Platinum Sponsor: [email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are"_ > ------------------------------ > Mehr Sicherheit und Datenschutz - der neue Internet Explorer 8 für MSN Jetzt > sofort kostenlos downloaden! <http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905IE8_MSN2> > _Platinum Sponsor: [email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are"_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
