So, what we're looking at here is a WALDO library, which is running one of the LibLime forks. The various features they're offering (Maps, Facelift and Mobile) are all Javascript libraries that can be dropped into the OPAC system preferences. The most integration they do is to reference the templates, but those have diverged from Koha as LL has followed it's own development path. Dropping these scripts into your Koha install is entirely up to you (though the NC aspect of the CC license may prevent you from doing so at your library; ask your lawyer), but they very likely will not work well, if at all. Anyone willing to try that experiment?
MJ brings up a good point; the work done by LL for their fork is legally proprietary because they do not distribute it to other servers. But since this Javascript work by Univ. of Hartford builds on LL's work, and *is* distributed, what does that imply? Does Univ. of Hartford need LL's permission to distribute this code? Does distributing it mean that the code it's based on (LL's fork) needs to be distributed, as well (and thus made open)? I don't think the GPL has a 'backwards' clause, but I'm no legal scholar. I think some of the confusion may be that this work is intended for other WALDO libraries running the same LibLime fork, but it's being broadcast as working for Koha. The two are very different pieces of software (even Marshall Breeding is now classifying them differently in lib-web-cats), but certain interest groups are eternally trying to muddy the waters. Could we do a similar implementation for Koha? Sure! And it would be released GPL, so it's be compatible for reuse anywhere. We just need to find someone to do it (probably not me). -Ian On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:45 AM, MJ Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > Galen Charlton <[email protected]> > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Adalid Ortiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > // Maps v3.1.1 (823.1) > > > // University of Hartford Libraries > > > // > > > // (c) 2012, Written by Brandon J C Fuller (except where noted) > > > // Licenced under a Creative Commons > Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike > > > 3.0 Unported License -- > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ > > > // Documentation available at http://libill.hartford.edu/koha/maps > > > > > > > The fact that code is licensed under a CC license is not sufficient, as > > with the exception of the CC0, no current CC license is compatible with > the > > GPL [...] > > Besides integration, is it even distributable at the moment? CC-NC is > not compatible with the GPL and I suggest that their development is > derived from Koha (referencing classes and structures from it), so > should be GPL too. > > Anyone know them well enough to drop them a short email asking them to > change the licence, or shall I go in cold? > > Thanks, > -- > MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. > http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. > In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html > Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/ > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
