Hi, I wrote a private email to Jean. Some aspects I write here as comments to Richard an Jean.
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 08:11:29AM +0200, nap wrote: [...] > First mail : > <<<<<------ > Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> > reply-to r...@gnu.org > to nap <napar...@gmail.com> > cc licens...@fsf.org > date Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:23 PM > subject Re: AGPL software reimplementation of a GPLv2 one is allowed? > mailed-by gnu.org > > > I am not a lawyer, but I know the answer is not so simple. > > You can use the algorithms you learn from reading their code, but > translating the code into another language would surely infringe > copyright. For intermediate possibilities, the answer may not be > clear, so you would need to talk with a lawyer for advice. > <<<<<<---- EOF In Germany lawyers talk about something called "Schoepfungshoehe" if you want to register a patent. It can be translated with "level of innovation". IMHO this aspect is also important here. Jean looked into Nagios code. But if this code was a "simple" or "standard" algorithm then it will be impossible to claim any rights for it. [...] > Like you should already see, we remove "reimplementation" and "fork" > from all places we can. Now Shinken is "compatible with". This should > be better for both projects to do not think our codes are inherited. Maybe you should specify it more: "compatible with Nagios plugins", "compatible with ..." I think it's better if you don't mention "Nagios" but only "Nagios Plugins", "Nagios API" or something else. No lawyer should think that there's a job for him to be done. ;-) best regards, Frank Bergmann -- EDV Frank Bergmann Tel. 05221-9249753 LPIC-2 Linux Professional Fax 05221-9249754 Elverdisser Str. 25 email iserv...@tuxad.com 32052 Herford USt-IdNr DE237314606 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Shinken-devel mailing list Shinken-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shinken-devel
