Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-16 Thread Simon Michael
Simon Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Or, if someone wants to distribute something which includes zope and > one or more GPL products. I mean, eg, you want to distribute your end-user package Easy Portal Creator 2000, based on zope/ptk/squishdot/zwiki. _

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-16 Thread Juan David Ibáñez Palomar
> > On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:48:20 +0100 (MET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juan > David Ibáñez Palomar) wrote: > > > it's illegal to distribute GPL code together > >with [ZPL] code > > I dont see this as an issue for Zope (taken as a whole). There is no > problem with other developers releasing GPL produ

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-16 Thread Juan David Ibáñez Palomar
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Jimmie Houchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The GPL would protect DC from predatory competitors. It would also allow > > for Zope's adoption in certain environments. I also believe some people > > And prevent it in others. > > > would relicense their pro

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-15 Thread Toby Dickenson
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:48:20 +0100 (MET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juan David Ibáñez Palomar) wrote: > it's illegal to distribute GPL code together >with [ZPL] code I dont see this as an issue for Zope (taken as a whole). There is no problem with other developers releasing GPL products for Zope, as lo

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-15 Thread Ty Sarna
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jimmie Houchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The GPL would protect DC from predatory competitors. It would also allow > for Zope's adoption in certain environments. I also believe some people And prevent it in others. > would relicense their products to the GPL if

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-15 Thread Jimmie Houchin
I personally do not have a problem with the Zope license. However, I do use a lot of GPLed software and appreciate it. I also am appreciative of the ability to use Zope and to take advantage of the wonderful work that DC has produced. When the original debate occurred I was in support of DC mainta

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-15 Thread Paul Everitt
Some quick points on this. First, feel free to talk on this list about ways that Zope developers can license their stuff. It's a constructive discussion, and since I'm not a Zope developer, I can ignore it. :^) Second, regarding the licensing of Zope itself, ChrisP is right that I'm the guy on

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-14 Thread Simon Michael
Juan, thanks for shining some light towards this murky area. Maybe ZWiki and other zope products need to be LGPL or dual-licensed, maybe the zope license can use some refinement. I for one won't know without seeing some enlightened discussion of the issue. This stuff is unsexy but important. Bes

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-14 Thread Juan David Ibáñez Palomar
> > > > Regaurding licensing, twhile I wouldn't want to snuff out freedom of speech, > I would say that we have already had the "Licensing Wars" about 18 months > ago, and things are settled and non negotiable at this point. Arguing only > creates tension in the community, which does more dama

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-14 Thread Christopher Petrilli
> this is not about religion and a flame war is the last thing I want > > I only wanted to let you know about these facts, and yes there're > projects that have been hurt by "license issues", for example KDE. Regaurding licensing, twhile I wouldn't want to snuff out freedom of speech, I would sa

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-14 Thread Juan David Ibáñez Palomar
> > Has any open source license issue actually come to court yet? > > How many people really care about this compared to the number of people > who just want to get on, develop and use software in an open source > community fashion and don't want to get involved in religious flame > wars? > > M

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-14 Thread Chris Withers
Juan David IbXXez Palomar wrote: > > And more, there's already zope software with the GPL license, for > example ZWiki. ZWiki is included in Debian, probably the Debian > developer that maintains the package is not aware of these license > issues. Has any open source license issue actually come

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-14 Thread Juan David Ibáñez Palomar
> > Juan David IbXXez Palomar wrote: > > > > software, but I know there's people that don't use Zope because of this > > incompatibility. > > their loss... > > Chris > yes, their loss, but also our loss www.barrapunto.com is the most important weblog about free software in Spain and probab

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-14 Thread Chris Withers
Juan David IbXXez Palomar wrote: > > software, but I know there's people that don't use Zope because of this > incompatibility. their loss... Chris ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cro

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-14 Thread Juan David Ibáñez Palomar
> > The FSF page says this in regards to the ZPL: > > [snip] > > We urge you not to use the license of Zope for software you write. > However, > > there is no reason to avoid running programs that have been released under > > this license, such as Zope. > > So what is the issue you are raising?

RE: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-13 Thread Casey Duncan
The FSF page says this in regards to the ZPL: [snip] > We urge you not to use the license of Zope for software you write. However, > there is no reason to avoid running programs that have been released under > this license, such as Zope. So what is the issue you are raising? Any software you wri

Re: [Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-13 Thread Lalo Martins
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 06:40:31PM +0100, Juan David Ibáñez Palomar wrote: > > has come to my ears that there's people who doesn't use Zope because > its license is GPL-incompatible, more info here: > > http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses They say it's an in

[Zope-dev] License issues

2000-11-13 Thread Juan David Ibáñez Palomar
Hi all, (specially to DC) has come to my ears that there's people who doesn't use Zope because its license is GPL-incompatible, more info here: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses only wanted to let you know, if more details are required just reply to th