Fenn, Good idea, but slightly wrong approach. Instead of "if anyone is certain...", the approach should be to audit the system.
Someone should create a list of files (possibly in a spreadsheet). Then, every file should be examined and certified by the examiner to have a license incorporated within the file. The list of files, the name of the auditor of each file, and the type of license of each should then be published and appended to the product. If there are non-source files, or files that cannot have embedded license information, a separate license file should be part of the product. I would suggest a naming convention something like foo.exe has a license file foo.exe.license, in that case. I've often said, "You can't determine how many angels can dance on the head of a pin by debating it; you have to get out there and count them." I think this is an example of the same principle. Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mark Kenny Products Company, LLC 55 Main Street Voice: (203)426-7166 Newtown, CT 06470 Fax: (203)426-9138 http://www.MarkKenny.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ben lipkowitz Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 5:54 AM To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-developers] EMC's license status Recently a talented programmer who had written his own real-time linux based cnc control showed up on the irc channel. When I asked him why he chose to write his own software instead of contributing to our project, he replied that, among other things, he was unsure if EMC was fully GPL compliant. This bugs me. If anyone knows of any files in the current codebase that aren't GPL or LGPL licensed, would they please say what they are, so we can do something about it? Also, I'd like to ask the board to come up with a time period for comments, after which we can safely claim that the EMC project has finally "made the transition to GPL" that we've all been waiting for. If anyone is certain that EMC is completely free of any code with a questionable license, please stand up and say so, and we can get this over with much quicker. Once we've agreed that there are no lurking hidden problems, it would be nice to inform the user base what the fuss was all about in the first place. I for one don't know. If EMC is free and unencumbered it is something to be proud of; an announcement to this effect can do no harm and will correct some misconceptions that might be preventing people from using or contributing to the project. Thanks, -fenn home page http://fenn.freeshell.org/home.html on da Super Dimension Fortress ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
