Hi list... Just to say that, even if my patchs are published under GPL, as I definitely need my lines to be straight (or not aliased), I would prefer [expr] to be under BSD, like Pd-Vanilla is...
Cheers... 01ivier 2011/10/31 i go bananas <[email protected]> > that's what i have just asked about. > > if you read back about halfway up the thread, max posted a mail saying > that IRCAM are willing to change the license to LGPL. > > so i'm now wondering, that of course it is a hassle to contact all the > original authors, but if none of them have moral views against BSD, then > maybe that would be an easier course of action that code rewrite. > > > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Jonathan Wilkes <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Wouldn't you need to get permission from Ircam, too? >> >> They are listed as a copyright holder, for example, in vexp.c. >> >> There is also the following list of authors: >> * Authors: Maurizio De Cecco, Francois Dechelle, Enzo Maggi, Norbert >> Schnell. >> >> -Jonathan >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* i go bananas <[email protected]> >> *To:* Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* PD-List <[email protected]>; Georg Bosch <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, October 31, 2011 11:04 AM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [PD] expr alternative >> >> i just got a reply and they are reviewing my question, so hopefully we >> can find out if they currently allow LGPL. >> >> however, even if the do, i PERSONALLY still think a BSD [expr] would be >> much better. >> >> i know there were a lot of heated comments in this thread defending GPL, >> but if the author of the object would prefer to go with BSD, and if all >> that keeps him from doing the work is a little time and motivation, well, i >> can't really give him any time, but i can maybe help with motivation. >> >> Am i on my own if i try to do that? >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> Another side of it is that the GPL and LGPL do not allow additional >> restrictions to be placed on the code. The VLC and GNU Go complaints as I >> understood them were specifically about the Apple App Store placing >> additional restrictions on the code. So that would affect LGPL and GPL >> alike. An app that includes some LGPL code might be a grey area since >> there is no possible expectation of producing a binary exactly like the >> original, since not all the code's licenses require that, so distributing >> the LGPL part separate might be enough. >> >> With the GPL, the whole app needs to be GPL compatible, so therefore >> there is an easy test: every user must be able to freely recreate the >> binary, and freely install, run, and modify it. That's something that the >> Apple App Store definitely restricts. >> >> I don't think this will really be resolved until Apple drops those terms >> or the FSF makes a statement on the LGPL in the Apple App Store. >> >> .hc >> >> On Oct 31, 2011, at 10:49 AM, i go bananas wrote: >> >> > i just called a couple of apple numbers. first one had me on hold for >> 10 minutes so i gave up, 2nd one was useless. >> > >> > BUT third one was a rather helpful lady whose name i now have and she >> has issued me a 'case number' so my question is now listed in their system >> at least, so hopefully i can get the 'yay or nay' from apple on LGPL code >> in iOS applications. >> > >> > Also, i have already contacted a friend who works for a company making >> high profile iOS applications, and from what he is saying LGPL is OK. >> > it seems the main problem with plain GPL is that apple doesn't want to >> release their own surrounding code, which the GPL would force them to do. >> > As far as i can see, LGPL doesn't have this strict requirement. You >> just need to make the LGPL part available to anyone who wants it. >> > >> > Will keep hammering away here. LGPL sounds like it might be a better >> option, but i still reckon if Mr Yadegari is in favour of BSD, then that >> would be the best outcome. >> > Personally i'd be happy to donate a couple of hundred dollars even to >> see a unified license for PD, but as this thread has shown, it sounds like >> i may get hippies camping on my lawn waving their GPL flags and trying to >> bum my goldfish. >> > >> > Just casually browsing through a bunch of PD patches this afternoon >> though, [expr] and especially [expr~] are undeniably useful and show up in >> so many patches. >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > [email protected] mailing list >> > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> You can't steal a gift. 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