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Robert On 11/28/2001, Doug Melvin wrote: > 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! 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