ben lipkowitz <[email protected]> said: > On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, EBo wrote: > > <list of awesome stuffs snipped> > > > I'll contact you off-list tomorrow with more info... > > I'm probably not the only person who would like to see some of this code, > if it's available under a suitable FOSS license.
Ben, Most of my work on OSC was done to fix problems with the Linux implementation of MakingThings interface code for the Make Microcontroller. I gave them that code. All of that is released under the Apache license (v 2.0)... My parser has not been released, but I have discussed with Joel (Spirit++'s progenitor) to give that back to them. Spirit++ is released under the Boost license (v 1.0). The biggest problem with getting this done is submitting the persistent storage class to Boost for formal review. Now THAT is going to be a time sink and pain, but worth it in the end. Also, I wrote this code 7 years ago and it is in need of a serious overhaul (Spirit++ has gone through some MAJOR updates since then, and my work should be rewritten to work within the new framework). The Free-RTOS stuff is all GPL, but I gave it to Makeingthings which is under Apache. So, it could probably go either way. Frankly I do not care. So, in your opinion are these suitable FOSS licenses? I'll have to think about how much of this I can give away or not. Some of it was written for speculative projects with a couple of businesses. I doubt that any of the stuff I have written about so far impacts those projects, but I will have to think that through and contact the companies to get their OK. I look at it this way though -- If others are willing to help with some of this and get a working system up and running then I will release it under whatever FOSS licensing scheme seems most appropriate. If this all turns out to be another case of people wanting me to give them all of my code and not helping to polish it up and extend it, then I am less willing to play in that sandbox. This, and more, is part of what I'll discuss with Dave tomorrow after I get some sleep. EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
