That was most helpful and informative. I wondered about making my own UI and making calls. I will try to do that.
As for the legal aspects, I won't be publishing source, so I think I'm good on that. Let me give this a try and see what I come up with Thanks for your replies. On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Jesse van Bekkum <bek...@gmail.com> wrote: > One thing you could do is make your own UI in Java, php, python, etc, and > let that UI do rest calls to Syncope. That is how we are doing a project. > You would need to make your own forms in HTML, use some language to > transform the form data into json objects, and call the rest interface with > those objects. See > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SYNCOPE/REST+API+upgrade for > more info about the rest interface. > > You could also change the syncope console UI, but to make it really > indistinguisable from the rest of the site will be nearly impossible. You > will always see remains of the syncope UI. > > About the licencing, IANAL, but the Apache licence is quite permissive. If > you do not publish the sources, you can almost do whatever you want, and if > you do publish you need to make clear what is part of the original software > (including the licence), and what is not. (Source: a book about the law on > internet I own) > > Jesse > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Gary Gardner > <gary.c.gardner1...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > I don't think my question is legal related. > > > > For instance, if I had a web site that was for auto repair and I wanted > my > > customers to register to be able to schedule maintenance, I would want > them > > to see my company logo and stuff and also be able to customize the > > registration process to have them enter information like username, > address, > > city, state, zip, phone number, etc. They should have automatically > have a > > role assigned of Customer. > > > > Or if I wanted all my mechanics to register, same kind of things. Then I > > could assign them a role of Mechanic and they would then be able to go in > > and approve the customers and all of that. > > > > But again, I would want them to see the branding for my mechanic shop not > > it saying Syncope. > > > > Does this help clarify? > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Francesco Chicchiriccò < > > ilgro...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > On 23/06/2013 17:31, Gary Gardner wrote: > > > > > >> How do you brand Syncope for your specific organization? > > >> > > >> We would need to brand Syncope's Self-Registration and other portions > of > > >> Syncope. > > >> > > >> Is this possible? Is there documentation or a readme on this? > > >> > > >> Any help would be appreciated. > > >> > > > > > > Hi, > > > there is no specific documentation for Syncope about this: I guess that > > > the relevant ASF-wide documentation must be taken into account, > starting > > > (but not limited to) [1] - with practical reference to [2]. > > > > > > Since I am not a lawyer, however, I ask other devs to come and comment, > > if > > > they know more. > > > > > > Anyway, if in doubt, you can directly ask the Apache Software > Foundation > > > legal staff [3]. > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > [1] http://www.apache.org/**foundation/marks/< > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/> > > > [2] http://www.apache.org/**foundation/marks/faq/< > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/faq/> > > > [3] http://www.apache.org/**foundation/mailinglists.html#** > > > foundation-legal< > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html#foundation-legal> > > > > > > -- > > > Francesco Chicchiriccò > > > > > > ASF Member, Apache Syncope PMC chair, Apache Cocoon PMC Member > > > http://people.apache.org/~**ilgrosso/< > > http://people.apache.org/~ilgrosso/> > > > > > > > > >
