Re: [PanoTools-devel] Licensing...Re: [PanoToolsNG] Re: New projection: Miller

[Daniel M. G. <dm...@uv...>]

 >> Hi Joost,
 >> 
 >> This is not my view. If you call the functions in the libpano13 I
 >> consider your work a derivative work of the library. 

 Joost> Daniel,

 Joost> I respect your view. But the GPL says something else:

 Joost> 		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

   0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
 Joost> a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed
 Joost> under the terms of this General Public License.  The "Program", below,
 Joost> refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"
 Joost> means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law:
 Joost> that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it,
 Joost> either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
 Joost> language.  (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in
 Joost> the term "modification".)

 Joost> PTGui does not contain any part of Panorama Tools. Not even a .h file.

 Joost> I haven't read any convincing argument in the entire licensing thread 
 Joost> either. The only argument that I have heard is the FSF statement about 
 Joost> dynamic linking, which has become a kind of dogma.

 Joost> That said..: I do respect your work and the time you are spending 
 Joost> voluntarily on improving panotools. The new projections are a great 
 Joost> addition. I don't want to start a fight about this, and I'll think about 
 Joost> your request. PTGui will not be GPL, but using exec/fork for pano13 may 
 Joost> be an option.
 >> 
 >> In the spirit of cooperation I ask you to consider my request: to not
 >> load the library and call functions in it. If we collaborate everybody
 >> will benefit: your users, you and ourselves.

 Joost> As I said, I will consider it. I don't see the benefits though.

Hi Joost,

In my opinion, you are trying to find a loophole that benefits you.

I think you are overlooking the biggest benefit of accepting this
compromise: my work (and time) as a contributor and maintainer (and
perhaps the work of others).


dmg


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