Hey Lazlo, chill out dude. Maybe someone could post a link to each license we can make a better decision. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laszlo Teglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Doug Melvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dan Steinman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 2:49 PM Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Re: Widget Discussions, License issues
> Have you read the BSD style license. Have any of you read the license. I > hardly think you could have read it and seriously contemplated it in the > short amount of time this has been discussed. How can any one second a move > as serious as changing the license without, first contemplating it? Changing > the license is not something that should be taken lightly. > > Anyway, who would be the authority on changing the license, when the product > is Public Domain, and belongs to humanity? Certainly not a few vocalists who > second the motion on a whim. > > NanoFace =;^| > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug Melvin > Sent: November 28, 2001 2:25 PM > To: Dan Steinman; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Re: Widget Discussions, License issues > > > I second the move to a BSD style license > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Steinman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:03 PM > Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] Re: Widget Discussions, License issues > > > > Thanks for your support Raymond! > > > > As it stands now you won't be able to use the DynAPI for your CD media > unless every line of code in the application is released under the LGPL - > which is likely not possible since it probably includes a lot of other code > and information that can not be publically redistributable. > > > > I posted a message to this list a little while ago about a possible switch > to a BSD style license (there was no responses so I wonder if anyone > recieved it). There is a very good discussion on Slashdot.org today > (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/27/1650256&mode=thread) about this > very subject - it's all very applicable to the current situation I am in > with the DynAPI and my widget pack. > > > > There are a lot of possible uses for DynAPI that cannot be met by > distributing the DynAPI under the LGPL. I am in support of a move to a BSD > style license which grants the ability to use the DynAPI in closed-source > products. Even if only for the core files (dynapi.js, dyndoc, dynlayer, > event, mouseevent) are BSD'd then it would solve the current situation. > > > > This would still keep DynAPI open source, and relieve me of some of the > grief of having to refusing to allow people to use the DynAPI in commercial > projects that could greatly benefit from it. > > > > I'm still not sure how I'll handle licensing issues with my widgets. I > will sell it for $30 for use in a commercial site, and have a different > "bundling" or "reseller" license to use the widgets inside another > appliciation. > > > > Regards, > > Dan Steinman > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 09:00:46AM -0800, Raymond Irving wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Maintening a widget pack takes a lot of time and > > > effort, not to mention the documentation. I'm in total > > > agreement with Dan on the subject about commercial > > > widget packs. If we need quality widgets and support > > > why not pay a fee for it! It's very good when you can > > > turn to the developer and report errors, request > > > features and don't get the response... > > > > > > " IF YOU WANT IT JUST DO IT YOURSELFT!!!" > > > > > > Beside that, I just have a quick questions: > > > > > > --- Dan Steinman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So I am taking things into my own hands, and will be > > > > producing a set of widgets that are of commercial > > > > quality, will be supporting them and maintaining > > > > them on a regular basis. And it will cost around > > > > $30 to use these widgets in a commercial website. > > > > > > I write web apps that are distributed on CD media to > > > various customers. Does this means that I'll have to > > > purchase a widget pack for each copy of my > > > application? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > > > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
