After thinking about this, maybe "compatible with Nagios configuration and plugins" is far more explicit. And after all, Shinken is not (yet) compatible with the event broker, so "API compatible" is not true.
Jean On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:54 PM, nap <napar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Frank Bergmann <shin...@tuxad.com> wrote: >> 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 ...@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. ;-) > Good suggestion. "Compatible with Nagios(r) API and plugins"? Is is > clear that configuration is in API? > > > Jean > >> >> >> 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 >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
