> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John W. > Bairen, Jr. > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 9:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] Google's deskbar and miniviewer > > Here are my questions... > > The googlebar... Is the source available with it?
No. > Doesn't it have to be if it is derived from DQSD? Yes, if it in fact _is_ derived from DQSD. It probably is not. The Google folks appear to have developed it independantly, and may not even be _aware_ of DQSD. > If so are we allowed to incorporate any of their changes into DQSD? It's proprietary code, and they didn't supply the source. There's nothing to prevent attempting to reverse engineer it and implementing its features independantly. > There seems to be some interest in introducing some of the googlebar > features into DQSD and I'm looking for the cheap and easy way > to do it. Good luck. Without access to thier source, that may be an issue. > I don't really know the GNU licensing stuff enough to know if my > questions are even ethical. If they are not then pretend I never said > them. GNU liscensing is basically simple. The GNU liscense wants to promote free software. Free software, in GNU terms, means you can get the source. The essense of the GPL is that you will provide the source to stuff you write, and that you will tell folks who get your stuff that you will do so. There is nothing in the GPL that says you can't charge moeny for your code. It only says you must provide the source. > Never said what? ;-) The alternative is to formally notify the Google folks about DQSD, and see if _they_ want to implement DQSD features in the Googlebar. The GPL is a "viral" liscense. If they incorporate DQSD code, thier code becomes covered by the GPL, and they must make thier source available. I have no idea how the Google folks will feel about the idea. Some of them may like it. > JB ______ Dennis ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=8601
