[cad-linux] Re: TomCAD
- From: Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 20 Jan 2003 14:14:30 -0700
Hi Tom.
I have a couple things to say...
a) My apologies for insinuating that you might have been attempting to
circumvent the GPL. I wrote that and I should have waited until I
discussed it with you. I interpreted silence as avoidance. I recently
did find a company circumventing the GPL, so I was presupposed to think
it was happening again. FWIW, this was the only place I said it. My
apologies.
b) Thank you for replying to the group and spending some time with us
!!!
c) I like what I am hearing about TomCAD. What are your detailed plans
for it ? How much research did you do into the other available CAD
packages before starting TomCAD ? ie Varkon, Cascade, etc. Would you
be interested in having other developers assist you with various duties
in its development ?
d) Below you are discussing the hoops library and the possibility of
using another library if there are licensing issues. What other
libraries were you thinking of ? What sort of functionality is the
hoops library providing ? Could another package like Varkon replace it
?
Thanks and my apologies again.
Kim Lux
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 13:42, Thomas Schmidt wrote:
> Yes, Hoops is a really good toolkit (no, I do not get money for advertising
> :-) ), but it is not
> often used in the OpenSource world, maybe because of its commercial
> background.
> I have frequently checked out TSA's website since they released the
> Hoops3dAF free version for Linux.
> They have not changed their licencing since then. And they still do not
> mention the GPL.
> So I have just sent a mail to them about their toolkit and the GPL. Once I
> get their answer, I'll let you know.
> If it turns out that I can not use the GPL, I'll switch to another licence.
> But whatever kind of licence
> this might be, TomCAD will stay free software.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "phrostie" <pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:17 PM
> Subject: [cad-linux] Re: TomCAD
>
>
> >
> >
> > --- Thomas Schmidt <thomas.schmidt@> wrote:
> > > But I added
> > > the statement about commercial usage, because the used Hoops library
> does not
> > > permit the development of commercial apps.
> >
> > i was wondering when we'd start seeing stuff using hoops.
> > it was released a long time ago, but never made much news.
> >
> > > I decided to add the mentioned statement until I talked to
> > > TSA, the vendor of the Hoops library,
> > > if the GPL is compatible with their licence.
> >
> > did the hoops licence change somewhere along the line?
> > i could not remember if it was gpl compatable or not.
> > last time i was at their site i did not see anything about GPL.
> >
> >
> > =====
> > phrostie
> > Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS
> > and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings.
> > http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/
> > //www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux
> >
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Kim Lux <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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