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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nebula-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/nebula-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > nebula-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/nebula-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > nebula-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/nebula-dev
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