Hi Wim,
alright, its in as is (incl.  old LGPL license notes) right now:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=374838

I would make the basic changes to move it to a stable version suitable for 
Nebula if we get to that point. Certainly need some steering here.

Regards,
Stepan


Am 20.03.2012 um 23:20 schrieb Wim Jongman:

> Hi Stephan,
> 
> Luckily we have a legal department at the EMO (Eclipse Management 
> Organization). You ask because you have already released it under the LGPL. I 
> am not sure what the best way is of moving the license to EPL but our friends 
> at legal will help us for sure. 
> 
> The best thing to do is to file a bug, attach the source code and we will set 
> the wheels in motion. All legal stuff and questions can be dealt during this 
> process. Legal is very responsive when we are in the process. 
> 
> Some info:
> 
> [1] http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/ip-process-in-cartoons.php
> [2] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/ (contains an EPL FAQ)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wim
> 
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Stepan Rutz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Wim / Tim / World,
> 
> thanks for the positive feedback.
> 
> What is your recommendation concerning the license? should i go and dual 
> license LGPL and EPL  or is that just causing confusion and issues? I want to 
> contribute, so i want to use whatever works best in the Eclipse-world. Single 
> EPL or about anything else is fine to me as well.
> 
> I will adapt the source code to fit into the Nebula structure and layout, 
> which is just fine of course. Also I will maintain an initial version, FAQ 
> and more complete javadocs. I am just really ready to tackle issues like 
> reverse geo-coding, layering etc, which are related but not necessarily a 
> good choice if you want to contribute a simple map-widget, rather than a full 
> blown map-kit. I will address such common questions a short FAQ though. 
> 
> Waiting on a recommendation about licensing now (dual vs. single or others).
> 
> Regards,
> Stepan
> 
> Am 20.03.2012 um 13:32 schrieb Wim Jongman:
> 
>> Hi Stephan,
>> 
>> I have looked at the webstart example. Cool stuff !!
>> 
>> 
>> I am not sure to what extend I will be able to support/maintain it, but 
>> certainly I would be available for some basic stuff.
>> 
>> We cannot accept code that is not being maintained. I hope you understand. 
>> You need to maintain it at least until it becomes stable. We do have an 
>> incubation area where widgets like yours can mature.
>> 
>> I will go through the contribution questionnaire once a login or some other 
>> means is provided.
>> 
>> You must create an eclipse account [1] and then file a bug against Nebula 
>> core and attach your source code to the bug. Please take this bug [2] as an 
>> example. 
>>  
>> I can confirm that I am the sole creator of the code (based on my own Swing 
>> Version of MapPanel) and there is no pending legal or copyright issues 
>> whatsoever. All necessary permissions (EPL etc) would be granted to the 
>> Nebula project if you are interested. I certainly would appreciate it if you 
>> could share it with others.
>> 
>> This text needs to go into the bug.
>>  
>> The Tiles-Data still must come from some tile-server, the defaults have 
>> their own usage conditions, but everything has to stay in reasonable bounds. 
>> (e.g. no world downloads for offline iPhone map-browsing and the like). 
>> Since MapWidget does some caching its use of Tiles is fair.
>> 
>> Getting a subscription on a tile server is something between the user and 
>> the provider of the tile server, right?
>> 
>> Please see the contribution page on our wiki for the complete overview of 
>> steps needed to get your widget in Nebula [3]
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> [1] https://dev.eclipse.org/site_login/createaccount.php
>> [2] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=365948
>> [3] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Nebula/New_Contributions
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Wim
>>  
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