[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: GNU license and MBraille
- From: Mesar Hameed <mesar.hameed@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 22:25:49 +0000
Hi,
Before this turns into another thread bashing GPL all over again, GPL is
guaranteeing the rights of the contributors, and ensuring the
product/software doesn't get closed off.
As maintainers our goal is also to provide/enable people to use liblouis
on as many platforms as possible.
You should take up your consern/criticism with those
manufacturers/vendors that restrict the rights/freedoms of the user, it
is not the fault of liblouis or any other project.
At worst case, vote with your feet and don't buy such products.
In any case, Bert and Christian made a list of those that have
contributed and need to give their consent.
Lets wait for an update from Christian (last person worked on this) to let us
know how far through we
have gone, and how many people still need to be tracked down.
Mesar
On Tue 13/01/15,11:55, John J. Boyer wrote:
> As one of the copyright holders and the chief developer of liblouis I
> agree with John Gardner. If I had it to do over again I would avoid LGPL
> like the plague.
>
> John Boyer
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 05:16:26PM +0000, John Gardner wrote:
> > This is the latest in a long discussion thread about LGPL. As one of the
> > present copyright holders, I have felt a responsibility of following the
> > LGPL rules. I am finding that some of my competitors are not doing so. So
> > for me personally it is an ethical quandary. And since ultimately all the
> > copyright holders have pledged to turn ownership over to a non-profit
> > organization, it is probably a legal question as well. Should the
> > copyright holders sue Harry and a few other organizations for license
> > violation? None of us are inclined to do that, but I do not know whether
> > we might eventually become legal targets if we do not.
> >
> > None of us has money to spend on lawyers to tell us whether and how we
> > should enforce the LGPL rules. A number of us have suggested changing the
> > license to something that is a bit more permissive, but there is a core of
> > fierce opposition to that idea. We are even having trouble getting
> > everybody to agree to use LGPL2.1 instead of LGPL3. And there are
> > organizations that will not use liblouis if the license remains LGPL3, and
> > I don't really blame them.
> >
> > Anybody have any ideas?
> >
> > John Gardner
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Harri
> > Pasanen
> > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 2:21 AM
> > To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: GNU license and MBraille
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > If I'm correct liblouis can be used under LGPL license.
> > I posted to this list a shell script that builds a shared library out of
> > liblouis, thus fitting the LGPL requirements.
> >
> > Even if I would be infringing on the license, I'm not sure whose
> > interest it would be to sue me. It is not like there is big money
> > involved...
> >
> >
> > Harri
> >
> >
> > On 12/01/2015 10:39, dulan silva wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Harri,
> > >
> > >
> > > I read that you integrated liblouis into MBraille, and that you
> > > uploaded a version to the Play Store.
> > >
> > >
> > > Some time ago there was a discussion in the list about how to go
> > > around the GNU license under which liblouis can be used. I wonder how
> > > you solved these issues?
> > >
> > >
> > > Your comments would be welcome, since many in the list were frustrated
> > > by the obstacles that the GNU license imposes on the use of liblouis,
> > > and there was even an effort to try to change the type of license, but
> > > it does not seem to have succeeded.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > > Dulan
> > >
> >
> > For a description of the software, to download it and links to project
> > pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > ??u? ?*m???~?^??????h?yhiحjwe?y,??k?7????z?(??m???? n)b?'???
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President,
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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