Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

Thanks for the insightful comments. The README file in Geodome (http://geodome.sourceforge.net/) source contains the following license terms. LICENSE Copyright � 2004,2005Edward A. Falk Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this

Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 14:35 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..11 years with Groklaw.net has thaught me to be a little harsher; > you cannot "port" a program written under one license (MIT), under > another license, unless that first license has language that allows > such "relicensing" under other

Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 01:58:22PM +0300, Jack L. Frost wrote: > On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 02:22:29PM +0900, Simon Walter wrote: > > Since Chung's new version is written in Python, wouldn't it be considered a > > different piece of software? I don't think a re-write in another language of > >

Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

Jack L. Frost wrote: > Yeah, I was going to say that too: a rewrite in another language is a > completely new piece of software ... I wouldn't be too sure. It will vary considerably on the details. At one extreme, you look at what the original is doing and write new code to

Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

Den 08.06.2016 12.58, skrev Jack L. Frost: On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 02:22:29PM +0900, Simon Walter wrote: Since Chung's new version is written in Python, wouldn't it be considered a different piece of software? I don't think a re-write in another language of something licensed under the MIT

Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 13:58:22 +0300, Jack wrote in message <20160608105821.ga15...@malganis.fleshless.org>: > On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 02:22:29PM +0900, Simon Walter wrote: > > Since Chung's new version is written in Python, wouldn't it be > > considered a different piece of software? I don't think

Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 02:22:29PM +0900, Simon Walter wrote: > Since Chung's new version is written in Python, wouldn't it be considered a > different piece of software? I don't think a re-write in another language of > something licensed under the MIT license can even be considered a >

Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

On 06/07/2016 09:35 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 15:31:31 +0900, Simon wrote in message <57566a43.4050...@gikaku.com>: On 06/07/2016 02:51 PM, Hughe Chung wrote: I've been porting an Open Source program to Python 3.4 for my personal use. The original source code written by C

Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 15:31:31 +0900, Simon wrote in message <57566a43.4050...@gikaku.com>: > On 06/07/2016 02:51 PM, Hughe Chung wrote: > > I've been porting an Open Source program to Python 3.4 for my > > personal use. The original source code written by C language in > > 2005 has MIT license. >

Re: [DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

On 06/07/2016 02:51 PM, Hughe Chung wrote: I've been porting an Open Source program to Python 3.4 for my personal use. The original source code written by C language in 2005 has MIT license. ... I'm planning to release it under GPLv3 soon. I will definitely acknowledge original author on

[DNG] How to acknowledge ported version of Open Source program?

Hi, When Open Source Software meets hardware, the sky is only limit. I've been porting an Open Source program to Python 3.4 for my personal use. The original source code written by C language in 2005 has MIT license. My development goal was to add 3D Printing feature so that a user who has