This is my personal opinion, and I don't speak for other Copyright owners, just mine;
Licensing; *I* am fine with the following; * In the NOTICE file, write something like; "This project contains software originating in Qi4j (http://www.qi4j.org) that has been ported from Java to C#. Copyright of Qi4j is held by individuals on a file by file basis. Qi4j is licensed to Qi4CS under the Apache License version 2.0 by its copyright owners". *I* think it is fine if you don't point at exactly which files are fully original and which ones are "ported". *I* would be happy if you list the contributors to Qi4j whose work have added to your project. *I* will not be upset if you don't. Naming; *I* am Ok with, and even encourage, the name. Shows clear lineage. I would be *happy*, if it is open sourced and we can collaborate under the same "organization", to increase visibility et cetera. IF we could even manage to get to data compatibility for certain EntityStores where there is cross-platform clients available, THAT would be awesome. (Mind you, I don't like Microsoft products ;-) ) Question; Is this based on 1.4 or 2.0 codebase? It is dramatically different. Cheers Niclas On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Stanislav Muhametsin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all! > > At work, I typically have to do more with C# than Java. However, ever since > I discovered Qi4j, I always wanted to have the similar functionality in C#. > > Lately, I've been working on implementing Qi4j for C#. Currently it is > called Slim-Qi4CS, because it is for C# and it does not have all features of > Qi4j (nor will it). I've tried to capture the very basic core of what Qi4j > is, and letting the rest to be extensions or libraries. > > Now, there still are two open questions I would like to ask. > > 1. Licencing. I almost-copy-pasted some of the API and Tests-code (direct > copypaste was not possible of course due to different programming language, > and I had to usually do additional modifications to fit to overall > framework), so should I retain the original Java author name in those C# > files? I haven't done direct copy-paste anywhere though. > The SPI, bootstrap, and runtime modules were very different from Java ones, > so that is completely original. > Also, in which places should I mention that the original driver for this was > the Qi4j? Is this completely up to me, or is it required to be written in > eg. NOTICE file? > > 2. Name. Am I even allowed to use the "Qi"-terminology, or is that > copyrighted? > > The current situation is that the Slim-Qi4CS begins to mature bit by bit. > There are some quite nice features, such as full support for generic > composites (because C# runtime retains fully generic information), minimal > usage of reflection invocation calls (implying the heavy usage of code > generation, and a performance boost). > > Regarding the multi-type composites Niclas is talking about in his mails, > the Slim-Qi4jCS has support for them too, but just like in Qi4j, I haven't > looked really closely into it yet. But the Slim-Qi4CS has support for > multi-type-composites (through 'roles', as in Qi4j), so it's just question > of refactoring the API and other parts to better and more intuitively > support the idea of multi-type composites. > > > _______________________________________________ > qi4j-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ops4j.org/mailman/listinfo/qi4j-dev -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/3xugrbk I work here; http://tinyurl.com/6a2pl4j I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug _______________________________________________ qi4j-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ops4j.org/mailman/listinfo/qi4j-dev
