> world, I would want to run a project that is mine. A bit greedy
> perhaps,
> but in open source you don't get paid so most of the time people do it
> for props, experience, and making cool stuff. Putting it on your site
> would benefit you, not me.
>
Well that isn't interesting perspective. Generally, the point of a open
source project is to bring together a community of people working
together for common goals. Every successful open source project to date
is based on the contributions of many. In short, if you are concerned
that others could benefit from your work without personal reconition
then don't open source your work.
> B. Sourceforge said No. That means they probably don't want it on
> their
> servers - otherwise I would run it off of one of my other open source
> sites.
>
If you read their documentation it explains that they may deny a
project for several reasons. Some of those reasons are as simply as
they didn't like the grammar used in your description of the project.
To take the leap that they don't want an open source project on their
servers because they rejected the request is silly. Further, there are
plenty of Sourceforge-based projects that host sub-projects without
issue. I believe that my new project allows for the same as its mission
is to provide open source solutions to the CFML community. I believe
that an Eclipse plug-in would fit within that mission, which is why I
suggested it to you.
> C. I don't really like the apace license which is what you said you
> wanted to use. I don't like it because it excludes the author from
> getting and recognition for their work.
>
I never suggested that you license your plug-in in any particular way.
My announcement of the OpenXCF project --which did specify the Apache
Software License-- was a completely seperate matter. Sourceforge
projects can and do host software of multiple licenses, so if you did
want to use another OSI approved license it wouldn't be an issue and
frankly, as the orignial author of the code you should be the one to
select the license. Of course, since your work is deriative of the
example XML plug-in that comes with Eclipse, there may be licensing
implications that limit your choices, but you should seek legal counsel
in that regard.
> "This product includes software developed by the Apache Software
> Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)."
>
That is in the template and should be replaced by an appropriate
message from the author. See the license included with code already up
on OpenXCF for a example.
-Matt
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