Re: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-31 Thread Ludovic Strappazon
Arno Lehmann a écrit : Phil Stracchino wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: If we want, we could implement a donor only list where subscription would be conditional on making a donation or being a Bacula support provider. For such a list to work, I'll need Bacula support providers. This is just a t

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-31 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:35:38 +0200, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Kern> On Saturday 27 August 2005 00:20, Arno Lehmann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Martin Simmons wrote: >> > E.g. suppose you have written a non-trivial non-GPL data analysis tool >> > with plugins for different i

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-30 Thread Alan Brown
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Hendrik Weimer wrote: Companies which are totally risk-averse may decide to compile static images using proprietary libraries and compilers, at extra cost, but they retain 100% of their copyright even if having to pay distribution license royalties to Borland or Intel or who

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-30 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Martin Simmons wrote: Alan> Proprietary code including lesser GPL (lGPL) libraries is not forced into Alan> the GPL either. Quite correct, but isn't there a common problem is that something is GPL but you want to use a small part of it as a library? If the libraries are

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-29 Thread Hendrik Weimer
Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > HOWEVER, proprietary code sitting on top of the GPL code was not > forced into GPL, even by vector of including standard libraries (If > someone really doesn't want to risk it they can always go out and buy > Intel's CC instead of usding GCC, etc. The Intel

Re: [Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-28 Thread Arno Lehmann
Phil Stracchino wrote: Kern Sibbald wrote: If we want, we could implement a donor only list where subscription would be conditional on making a donation or being a Bacula support provider. For such a list to work, I'll need Bacula support providers. This is just a thought. In fact, it woul

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Saturday 27 August 2005 00:20, Arno Lehmann wrote: > Hi, > > Martin Simmons wrote: > > E.g. suppose you have written a non-trivial non-GPL data analysis tool > > with plugins for different input formats. Now if you want to add a > > plugin for Bacula volumes, but you won't be able to use any of

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Arno Lehmann
Hi, Martin Simmons wrote: E.g. suppose you have written a non-trivial non-GPL data analysis tool with plugins for different input formats. Now if you want to add a plugin for Bacula volumes, but you won't be able to use any of the Bacula volume reading code because it will taint your whole too

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 26 August 2005 21:22, Phil Stracchino wrote: > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > If we want, we could implement a donor only list where subscription would > > be conditional on making a donation or being a Bacula support provider. > > For such a list to work, I'll need Bacula support providers. Th

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Neil Schneider
Kern Sibbald said: > On Thursday 25 August 2005 23:38, Neil Schneider wrote: >> Kern Sibbald said: >> > Although BSD and other licenses are free for commercial users, I >> > wouldn't say >> > that is the case for GPL. For a commercial software company as >> > opposed to a >> > service company, GP

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Phil Stracchino
Kern Sibbald wrote: > If we want, we could implement a donor only list where subscription would be > conditional on making a donation or being a Bacula support provider. For such > a list to work, I'll need Bacula support providers. This is just a thought. > In fact, it wouldn't require any mo

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:49:40 +0100 (BST), Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: Alan> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Kern Sibbald wrote: >>> Even the cases above, what's happened is that the companies concerned have >>> been forced to release the sourcecode for modifications to GCC, >>>

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, After all the feedback and discussions, I think I have a clearer idea of what I would like to try. The basic outline is as follows: - Both the source and the binaries will remain under the modified GPL license that Bacula now uses. - The source and binary licenses will be separated. - I

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Landon Fuller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kern Sibbald wrote: | I had to modify the Bacula GPL license to be acceptable to Debian (I'm not in | the least complaining as I respect their position). This was because | OpenSSL, which for some reason is not OpenSource or at least was not at the |

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Kern Sibbald wrote: Even the cases above, what's happened is that the companies concerned have been forced to release the sourcecode for modifications to GCC, modifications to Linux and Linux device drivers, but thay have NOT been forced to give up the proprietary software w

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Philipp Steinkrueger wrote: thats right. if you want to use the software itself to make new software and you want to make money by seeling it, GPL is indeed a nightmare. No it's not. You are free to charge as much as you want for selling GPL software and support, however

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Alan Brown
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Kern Sibbald wrote: Would you either restate this, or explain what you mean, because on the face, this is patently false. You have just made a flat statement without any detail, and I am a bit tired of this subject, so I am not going to respond until I see some reasonable

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 26 August 2005 14:51, Alan Brown wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Philipp Steinkrueger wrote: > > thats right. if you want to use the software itself to make new software > > and you want to make money by seeling it, GPL is indeed a nightmare. > > No it's not. > > You are free to charge as m

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 26 August 2005 13:14, Alan Brown wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Kern Sibbald wrote: > >> Would you either restate this, or explain what you mean, because on > >> the face, this is patently false. > > > > You have just made a flat statement without any detail, and I am a bit > > tired of th

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Friday 26 August 2005 11:00, Philipp Steinkrueger wrote: > Hi Kern, > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > >Could you tell me where? > > > >It is a rather obvious concept, but I haven't seen anything really quite > > the same. I'd be interested to see what similar "projects" are doing. > > i thought of redh

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Philipp Steinkrueger
Hi Kern, Kern Sibbald wrote: Could you tell me where? It is a rather obvious concept, but I haven't seen anything really quite the same. I'd be interested to see what similar "projects" are doing. i thought of redhat for example, although this is something different, as they keep one

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-26 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 25 August 2005 23:38, Neil Schneider wrote: > Kern Sibbald said: > > Although BSD and other licenses are free for commercial users, I > > wouldn't say > > that is the case for GPL. For a commercial software company as > > opposed to a > > service company, GPL is somewhat of a nightmare

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-25 Thread Neil Schneider
Kern Sibbald said: > Although BSD and other licenses are free for commercial users, I > wouldn't say > that is the case for GPL. For a commercial software company as > opposed to a > service company, GPL is somewhat of a nightmare. It is true they > don't have > to pay for it, but it comes at a

Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-25 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Thursday 25 August 2005 22:35, Philipp Steinkrueger wrote: > Hi Kern, > > > you can see this development at several places throughout the OpenSource > scene. Could you tell me where? It is a rather obvious concept, but I haven't seen anything really quite the same. I'd be interested to se

[Bacula-users] Re: Open Source Funding idea (Kern Sibbald)

2005-08-25 Thread Philipp Steinkrueger
Hi Kern, you can see this development at several places throughout the OpenSource scene. actually i cant see any difference between this licence concept which asks you to buy a licence if you want to make profit with the software and "classical" commercial software which also allows private user