> On Apr 15, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Raymond Burns Jr. <rbur...@gmail.com > <mailto:rbur...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > 1. I think this is good news. Not really sure. Sounds to me as work will > continue as normal, with the possible assistance from another Bacula > maintainer for binaries. > 2. This is where I have questions. > Assuming the FSFE was the legal protection during the Barios lawsuit, the > final outcome was not 100% pleasant for the Bacula team. That is an > assumption. So this either means: > a. Kern and team can protect Bacula community Code for much less cost. > b. Kern and team can find protection that will render better results in a > future lawsuit. > c. The future will be unstable for community as the only viable protection is > through Enterprise edition. (This idea doesn't coincide with a 7.2.0 release, > but does allow community to remain free since 7.0.5 is so stable) > > Please tell me I'm way off, and "c." is DEFINITELY not correct.
You're way off. :) c is definitely not correct. > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 7:57 AM Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com > <mailto:k...@sibbald.com>> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to discuss the following topics: > > 1. Bacula Release Status > > 2. The FSFE and licenses > > > 1. Bacula Release Status > As probably know, the latest release of Bacula is 7.0.5. This release > has proved quite stable but there are a few bugs open on it, and I am > working on them. I am also working on back porting bug fixes and new > features from the Bacula Enterprise version 8.2.0. I hope this work will > be complete sometime in June so that I can make a new release (7.2.0) in > June or July of this year. > > In addition, Bacula Systems has hired a new IT Administrator who will > begin in May. Part of his time will be devoted to improving the Bacula > community web site as well as providing binary packages for the > community. Providing binary packages for the community has been an on > going project of mine, which has been delayed due to lack of man-power. > By the way, the new IT Administrator has been working with Bacula for a > long time and is well known to the community. > > 2. The FSFE and licenses > I would like to report that the FSFE has posted a notification of > changed relations between the FSFE and myself. You can find the > statement at the following link: > > http://fsfe.org/news/2015/news-20150414-01.en.html > <http://fsfe.org/news/2015/news-20150414-01.en.html> > > As many of you know in 2006, I signed a Fiduciary License Agreement > (FLA) that gave the FSFE the exclusive copyright for the Bacula.org > <http://bacula.org/> > software. That means that they had the responsibility to protect the > software. In 2006, I felt that the the Bacula project needed protection > and guidance of the FSFE and their FLA process, and I was pleased to > have their help. As the project has grown and become more global and > solid, I feel that I can more efficiently manage this responsibility > myself, and I thank the FSFE for their help over the years. > > The Bacula.org <http://bacula.org/> software that has been released, will > always remain Free > Software, and it is not possible for anyone to change that fact. I have > been writing and releasing free software and open source software since > 1972, and as I have stated many times, I am and will remain a very > strong supporter and creator of open source software, and future > Bacula.org <http://bacula.org/> community software will always be open source. > > My goal is to have the Bacula.org <http://bacula.org/> code covered by FLAs > (or their > equivalent) that are clear and consistent. In fact, due to significant > FLA updating work I did last year and early this year with lots of help > and understanding from the Bacula contributors (thank you), I believe > that all known issues are already resolved and I continue to work FSFE. > > If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to either post them to > the bacula-users list if they are general or directly to me at kern (at) > sibbald (dot) com if they are specific to you or you prefer to keep them > private. > > Best regards, > Kern > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT > Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard > Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises > http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- > <http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual-> event?utm_ > source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > bacula-us...@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:bacula-us...@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT > Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard > Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises > http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- > <http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual-> event?utm_ > source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF_______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > bacula-us...@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:bacula-us...@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users — Dan Langille http://langille <http://langille/>.org/
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