Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-10-23 Thread Gary Willoughby via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 21 October 2017 at 08:14:01 UTC, vondes wrote: How we can use it in https://mobile-phone-tracker.org mobile recorder on Android? That doesn't look like a very ethical program.

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-10-21 Thread vondes via Digitalmars-d
How we can use it in https://mobile-phone-tracker.org mobile recorder on Android?

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-13 Thread Gary Willoughby via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 13 September 2017 at 17:55:43 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: Note BTW, the C headers are included in the distribution, and those are NOT boost licensed. I'm not a lawyer, so I have no idea the compatibility implications between the two. Thanks for the heads up, they've now

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-13 Thread Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d
On 9/13/17 11:48 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On Wednesday, 13 September 2017 at 15:15:11 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: Shouldn't the bindings be licensed identical to the actual library code? The library code isn't being distributed, so I don't think it matters. Technically no. You can let

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-13 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 13 September 2017 at 15:15:11 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: Shouldn't the bindings be licensed identical to the actual library code? The library code isn't being distributed, so I don't think it matters.

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-13 Thread Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d
On 9/13/17 12:27 AM, Vadim Lopatin wrote: On Tuesday, 12 September 2017 at 17:30:42 UTC, Basile B. wrote: We solved the issue **in less than 24 hours**: https://github.com/nomad-software/x11/blob/master/LICENSE Most of the "code owners" agreed to change the license. The list of pseudo has

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-12 Thread Vadim Lopatin via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 12 September 2017 at 17:30:42 UTC, Basile B. wrote: On Monday, 11 September 2017 at 12:36:50 UTC, Vadim Lopatin wrote: On Monday, 4 September 2017 at 17:54:36 UTC, Vadim Lopatin wrote: Contributors to DUB package nomad-software/x11 nomad-software weltensturm Geod24 MartinNowak

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-12 Thread Basile B. via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 11 September 2017 at 12:36:50 UTC, Vadim Lopatin wrote: On Monday, 4 September 2017 at 17:54:36 UTC, Vadim Lopatin wrote: Contributors to DUB package nomad-software/x11 nomad-software weltensturm Geod24 MartinNowak BBasile rikkimax Additionally, contributors to Deimos/libX11

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-11 Thread rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 11/09/2017 2:58 PM, Vadim Lopatin wrote: On Monday, 11 September 2017 at 13:41:39 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote: Needs more work but... https://github.com/Devisualization/spew/tree/master/src/utils/cf/spew/bindings/x11 yeah. Have you created this binding yourself w/o using of Deimos code?

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-11 Thread Vadim Lopatin via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 11 September 2017 at 13:41:39 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote: Needs more work but... https://github.com/Devisualization/spew/tree/master/src/utils/cf/spew/bindings/x11 yeah. Have you created this binding yourself w/o using of Deimos code?

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-11 Thread rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 11/09/2017 1:36 PM, Vadim Lopatin wrote: On Monday, 4 September 2017 at 17:54:36 UTC, Vadim Lopatin wrote: Contributors to DUB package nomad-software/x11 nomad-software weltensturm Geod24 MartinNowak BBasile rikkimax Additionally, contributors to Deimos/libX11 growlercab bioinfornatics

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-11 Thread Vadim Lopatin via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 4 September 2017 at 17:54:36 UTC, Vadim Lopatin wrote: Contributors to DUB package nomad-software/x11 nomad-software weltensturm Geod24 MartinNowak BBasile rikkimax Additionally, contributors to Deimos/libX11 growlercab bioinfornatics skilion CyberShadow Faianca Flamaros

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-06 Thread Vadim Lopatin via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 6 September 2017 at 10:14:02 UTC, Kagamin wrote: On Wednesday, 6 September 2017 at 10:05:18 UTC, Vadim Lopatin wrote: Unlike LGPL for which you can create closed source apps if library is linked dynamically, the only way to use derelict binding with LGPL license is GPL compatible

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-06 Thread Kagamin via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 6 September 2017 at 10:05:18 UTC, Vadim Lopatin wrote: Unlike LGPL for which you can create closed source apps if library is linked dynamically, the only way to use derelict binding with LGPL license is GPL compatible license for your application.

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-06 Thread Vadim Lopatin via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 6 September 2017 at 09:23:33 UTC, Kagamin wrote: On Sunday, 3 September 2017 at 16:10:11 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: My question, is there a legal way to change the current license to Boost or MIT or something like? Because this particular developer wanted to use it in a project

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-06 Thread Kagamin via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 3 September 2017 at 16:10:11 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: My question, is there a legal way to change the current license to Boost or MIT or something like? Because this particular developer wanted to use it in a project where LGPL was incompatible. [1]:

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-06 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 6 September 2017 at 06:43:45 UTC, Brad Roberts wrote: On 9/5/2017 10:19 PM, Joakim via Digitalmars-d wrote: I'll also note that if a developer uses GPL software on the server, he doesn't have to give any source to users who access apps on the server remotely.  For example, Google

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-06 Thread Brad Roberts via Digitalmars-d
On 9/5/2017 10:19 PM, Joakim via Digitalmars-d wrote: I'll also note that if a developer uses GPL software on the server, he doesn't have to give any source to users who access apps on the server remotely.  For example, Google uses a linux kernel with proprietary modifications on a million

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-05 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 22:25:57 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: If you go with a BSD or Boost license, you're maximizing who can use your software, but you have no guarantees that any improvements will be made available, whereas the (L)GPL does guarantee that those improvements will be

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-05 Thread Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, September 05, 2017 18:23:00 jmh530 via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 18:12:23 UTC, bachmeier wrote: > > But LGPL and GPL are very different licenses. Also, while I > > don't have time to participate in yet another debate on the > > topic, the GPL does not in

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-05 Thread Jonathan Marler via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 18:12:23 UTC, bachmeier wrote: ...the GPL does not in any way restrict users. Using GPL code means you promise *not* to impose restrictions... Reading things like this is much more humorous when you have a solid background in logic and contradiction. As for

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-05 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 9/4/2017 10:54 AM, Vadim Lopatin wrote: That said, I don't know if the Oracle v. Google case and its precedent that APIs are copyrightable impact this common understanding. After all, it was commonly understood prior to that case that that copyright applies to implementations, not

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-05 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 18:23:00 UTC, jmh530 wrote: However, if you use GPL code in a project and want to distribute it, then you also have to license that project as GPL. Which just means your users also promise not to put restrictions on their users. It is like the 13th amendment

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-05 Thread jmh530 via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 18:12:23 UTC, bachmeier wrote: But LGPL and GPL are very different licenses. Also, while I don't have time to participate in yet another debate on the topic, the GPL does not in any way restrict users. Using GPL code means you promise *not* to impose

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-05 Thread bachmeier via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 16:32:47 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote: On Sunday, 3 September 2017 at 16:10:11 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: Hi, A few years ago I forked the Deimos X11 bindings[1] repo to add dub support. Since then my repo[2] has received bug fixes and as such it's being used

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-05 Thread Jonathan Marler via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 3 September 2017 at 16:10:11 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: Hi, A few years ago I forked the Deimos X11 bindings[1] repo to add dub support. Since then my repo[2] has received bug fixes and as such it's being used in many projects. (Also, in the following years dub support was added

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-04 Thread Vadim Lopatin via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 3 September 2017 at 16:51:53 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: On Sunday, 3 September 2017 at 16:10:11 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: Hi, A few years ago I forked the Deimos X11 bindings[1] repo to add dub support. Since then my repo[2] has received bug fixes and as such it's being used in

Re: Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-03 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 3 September 2017 at 16:10:11 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: Hi, A few years ago I forked the Deimos X11 bindings[1] repo to add dub support. Since then my repo[2] has received bug fixes and as such it's being used in many projects. (Also, in the following years dub support was added

Deimos X11 bindings license question

2017-09-03 Thread Gary Willoughby via Digitalmars-d
Hi, A few years ago I forked the Deimos X11 bindings[1] repo to add dub support. Since then my repo[2] has received bug fixes and as such it's being used in many projects. (Also, in the following years dub support was added to the Deimos repo too.) I had a question from a developer as to the