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From: Platypus <pla...@ba...> - 2013-03-22 18:41:13
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Hi Everybody, I have been thinking for a while now that I would like a bookmark manager program. I just sat down to try and find one again, and for the first time discovered BKM. I was planning on starting to write my own Bookmark Manager, but it seems you guys are already there. But your website hasn't been updated for years. Is this project current at all? Is it completed?! (hasn't got to release 1.0 yet, I notice). Would you like some development done on it? (I'm learning Python, so I am volunteering!) Generally, what's the status? Thanks, David |
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From: Marco C. <inv...@pe...> - 2009-03-25 06:38:10
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From: Patrice N. <mai...@pa...> - 2006-09-06 16:22:34
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Hi Daniel > If you would like to have access, I can arrange that (or Patrice > can if he's > still around). I have just given him access. Nice to see some activity here. :-) Have fun with the code! Patrice |
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From: Daniel R. <rem...@ya...> - 2006-09-06 16:11:07
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If you would like to have access, I can arrange that (or Patrice can if he's still around). I was actively developing until about a year ago, so there are considerable changes already in cvs; it might be difficult to merge some changes. If you'd like assistance, I can help you get everything straightened out. If you'd rather continue developing on your own, that's fine too, but I think it would be best to put everything together, for the sake of whatever users are still out there. We've mostly fixed different bugs. The only changes I see that would surely conflict are (from your list): * Fixed bug for inability to save a database/output file to root drive (and from mine): * Fix export/save to root directory (Closes bug #1077068) Some of the FTP changes may conflict also. For your reference, the changes made in CVS are logged here: http://bkm.cvs.sourceforge.net/bkm/bkm/ChangeLog?view=markup --Daniel Remenak --- PSD Software <psd...@gm...> wrote: > I don't know if anyone is still subscribe to this, but I'll at least make > the effort to get the word out. > > I have made some fundamental and critical changes to the source code of BKM > (pre6) to make it more stable, efficent, and usable. > > I am not a developer of BKM so I can't post it to the SK site, but if anyone > is interested in obtaining a new setup please reply. > > Here is a general list of changes that I've made. > > > bkm_mod-4.1.0 (Mon Sep 04 09:00:00 EST 2006) > > *** No bugs have been fixed or changes made to any other > browser import functions other than Opera at this time. > > > * Attempting to drag&drop while no database is loaded causes error/crash, > in main window and docked. > * Tree view is reloaded with bookmarks after you import. > * Changed method of detecting opera hotlist when importing, > fixes invalid opera hotlist bug. > * Fix in utf8 decoding, while importing opera > * Fix (work around, really) the drag & drop division by zero error > * Add count to message box with how many duplicates were found. > * Automatically select duplicates, leaving one unique url > * Automatically close duplicate search window when you select > move to folder. > * Automatically close duplicate search window when you delete duplicates. > * Added option to automatically import bookmarks into top level folder, > rather than selected folder. this way you dont mistakingly import > into a sub folder. > * Added count of imported bookmarks to messagebox after importing > from all supported imports (except xbel) > * Fixed a bug in duplicate check where when using move to folder > it would also move the first original bookmark, thereby leaving > no bookmarks and really screwing up your database > * Fixed bug for inability to save a database/output file to root drive > * Changed the way the DDE operates so that it does not open two browser > windows when option use new window and dde is turned on. > * All FTP operations have been changed to allow higher port numbers > * Renamed the Duplicate search menu item in english language, to english, > heh > * Added ability to import multiple local opera bookmark files at once. > > Although this is a modified version of BKM that has no connection to the > original author of BKM, no contact information/website links/etc have been > changed or removed. No communications about this version of BKM should be > sent to the original author. > > When I came across BKM for the first time I was looking for something to > manage all my Opera bookmarks, so that is why Opera is mentioned so many > times. And that is also why no other browser functions have been checked for > errors. Nor have I looked at the bug reports for any other browsers (or even > Opera, just fixed what I needed to fix). > > I don't know if any of the issues here have been updated in the CVS code. I > strictly used the pre6 code download to make my modifications. > > If there is still any active interest in BKM, as much as possible I'd like > to address bug reports/feature requests as much as I can. It's a shame that > the original author(s) have not been active for more than two years. > > Looking forward to hearing from anyone. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642> _______________________________________________ > Bkm-devel mailing list > Bkm...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bkm-devel > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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From: PSD S. <psd...@gm...> - 2006-09-06 15:47:53
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I don't know if anyone is still subscribe to this, but I'll at least make the effort to get the word out. I have made some fundamental and critical changes to the source code of BKM (pre6) to make it more stable, efficent, and usable. I am not a developer of BKM so I can't post it to the SK site, but if anyone is interested in obtaining a new setup please reply. Here is a general list of changes that I've made. bkm_mod-4.1.0 (Mon Sep 04 09:00:00 EST 2006) *** No bugs have been fixed or changes made to any other browser import functions other than Opera at this time. * Attempting to drag&drop while no database is loaded causes error/crash, in main window and docked. * Tree view is reloaded with bookmarks after you import. * Changed method of detecting opera hotlist when importing, fixes invalid opera hotlist bug. * Fix in utf8 decoding, while importing opera * Fix (work around, really) the drag & drop division by zero error * Add count to message box with how many duplicates were found. * Automatically select duplicates, leaving one unique url * Automatically close duplicate search window when you select move to folder. * Automatically close duplicate search window when you delete duplicates. * Added option to automatically import bookmarks into top level folder, rather than selected folder. this way you dont mistakingly import into a sub folder. * Added count of imported bookmarks to messagebox after importing from all supported imports (except xbel) * Fixed a bug in duplicate check where when using move to folder it would also move the first original bookmark, thereby leaving no bookmarks and really screwing up your database * Fixed bug for inability to save a database/output file to root drive * Changed the way the DDE operates so that it does not open two browser windows when option use new window and dde is turned on. * All FTP operations have been changed to allow higher port numbers * Renamed the Duplicate search menu item in english language, to english, heh * Added ability to import multiple local opera bookmark files at once. Although this is a modified version of BKM that has no connection to the original author of BKM, no contact information/website links/etc have been changed or removed. No communications about this version of BKM should be sent to the original author. When I came across BKM for the first time I was looking for something to manage all my Opera bookmarks, so that is why Opera is mentioned so many times. And that is also why no other browser functions have been checked for errors. Nor have I looked at the bug reports for any other browsers (or even Opera, just fixed what I needed to fix). I don't know if any of the issues here have been updated in the CVS code. I strictly used the pre6 code download to make my modifications. If there is still any active interest in BKM, as much as possible I'd like to address bug reports/feature requests as much as I can. It's a shame that the original author(s) have not been active for more than two years. Looking forward to hearing from anyone. |
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From: Daniel R. <rem...@ya...> - 2005-09-07 23:50:11
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BKM does not convert cleanly to VB.NET. I have not looked into why not, just tried once on a whim when I finally got .NET. I am curious to know other people's opinions about upgrading to .NET (particularly Patrice's). I have no particular opinion, as I own and am comfortable with both VB6 and .NET. BKM will successfully use a newer Jet backend than the one that our distributed copies use, with very minor modifications. We've continued using the older one only to ensure compatibility with people upgrading. With some testing and maybe a bit of new code I think we could adequately support both an upgrade path and a way to export an older version. Help with code and documentation (either or both) is welcome. --Daniel Remenak --- "Chris Kinata [kcom]" <ch...@ki...> wrote: > Hi all... > > I've been using the VB version of BKM for some time, > after a long and frustrating search for a bookmark manager > that has most of the features I need--in particular: > > --MS Access database export. > > --Usable doublet checker. > > --DHTML treeview export > > --Notes field. > > However, if I had the VB source, would like to investigate adding: > > --Better doublet check-and-merge (scripted merging, auto-select for deletion > all links in a particular folder, etc.) > > --Expose a VB Automation object model so I can connect a BKM DB > to Outlook Contacts, Access, etc. > > --Scraping items from viewed web pages (meta tags, text selections, etc.) > > I've downloaded the VB6 source and the resource files (DLLs), > and am wanting to convert it into a VB.NET project, but am getting an > error message that the Common Dialogs unit doesn't have a valid > certificate, which aborts the conversion. I've done VBA forever, > but haven't done much with VB.NET yet. > > >>> Has anyone had success doing this? > > >>> Also, I'm really interested in connecting a BKM database through > MS Office automation to Outlook Contacts, FrontPage, and to write > custom processes in Access. Unfortunately, the Access format used > in BKM is so old that Access 2002 apparently only allows a one-way > conversion, and I'm thinking that writing the DB back to BKM would > make it unreadable by BKM. Thoughts/suggestions? > > >>> Also, I might be able to help with documentation issues. > > > Regards, > Chris > > > > > > <http://kinata.net/> <http://kinata.net/> kinata.net web design and > hosting > > ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ |
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From: Daniel R. <rem...@ya...> - 2005-08-29 16:57:44
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Certainly! If you'd like to translate the installer also (and haven't already), it's pretty self-evident how to do so in the iss file, the current copy of which can be found at http://cvs.sf.net/viewcvs.py/bkm/bkm/setup/bkm_runtimes_multilingual.iss?rev=1.5&view=markup Thanks! --Daniel Remenak --- Ghost-X <wm...@bo...> wrote: > Hello to all! > > I translated the Bookmark-Manager to Portuguese-Brazilian. Can I send > the language file attached to one message? > > Wellington M. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Bkm-devel mailing list > Bkm...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bkm-devel > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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From: Ghost-X <wm...@bo...> - 2005-08-29 15:55:38
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Hello to all! I translated the Bookmark-Manager to Portuguese-Brazilian. Can I send the language file attached to one message? Wellington M. |
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From: Daniel R. <rem...@ya...> - 2005-05-28 21:30:11
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There is currently no Italian translation. If you'd like to write one and e-mail it to me, I'll make sure it gets put in the next release...and thanks! :) --Daniel Remenak --- Marco mkc Costanzo <mig...@gm...> wrote: > Hi, > my name is Marco and I would to know if exists yet a mantainer for the > italian translation project. > I teach IT in an High School and I will be happy to contribute... > Regards... > -- > Marco mkc Costanzo > ma...@mi... - happy kaizen - > http://costanzo.marketingprofessionale.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > _______________________________________________ > Bkm-devel mailing list > Bkm...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bkm-devel > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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From: Marco m. C. <mig...@gm...> - 2005-05-28 08:11:14
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Hi, my name is Marco and I would to know if exists yet a mantainer for the italian translation project. I teach IT in an High School and I will be happy to contribute... Regards... --=20 Marco mkc Costanzo ma...@mi... - happy kaizen - http://costanzo.marketingprofessionale.com/ |
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From: <mic...@ad...> - 2004-07-09 13:25:35
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> I have seen that before, but I don't remember when and > why. Have you tried just executing the project. Try with > F5 or with Ctrl+F5. Does any of this commands work? I should have tried that...No, it still fails (both F5 and CTRL-F5) but it says "Key is not unique in collection" Debug puts me on line 118 of clsTreeviewLoadStruct (GiveStruct function): Set notCurNode = trvTreeview.Nodes.Add(strKeyFolder & LTrim$(CStr(lngParent)), tvwChild, strKeyFolder & rs(strDBId), rs(strDBTitle), strImage) The icon does appear in the status bar and I do hear it accessing where I said to store the database before the error appears. I do have the release version installed. Should I uninstall that? Thanks for the help. Sincerely, Michael Cox |
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From: <mic...@ad...> - 2004-07-09 11:37:12
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Hello, all. I got the latest from CVS (using TortiseCVS). I load the vbp in VB6(SP5) and get no errors. But, when I go to make the project, I am getting runtime errors. I have never seen VB behave this way. Any ideas? I am running Windows 2003 Server Standard (I am at work at the moment). It happens during "Writing EXE", Error #5 (invalid procedure). Debug shows it on line 63 of modLanguage.bas: If colLanguage(strOwner & strKey) = "" Then I checked the archive of this mailing list but did not see anything. Thanks. Sincerely, Michael Cox |
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From: Patrice N. <mai...@pa...> - 2004-06-05 18:49:58
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Daniel Remenak <rem...@ya...> writes: > I don't know of any "real" documentation, but there is always the "Ultimate > Documentation": > http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp Thanks, that's what I'm now looking at. Was hoping to find something more user-friendly, but it will work. Regards, Patrice -- the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15) |
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From: Daniel R. <rem...@ya...> - 2004-06-05 18:12:43
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Patrice, I don't know of any "real" documentation, but there is always the "Ultimate Documentation": http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpfe/components/bookmarks/src/nsBookmarksService.cpp Don't know if that helps, but whatever. --Daniel --- Patrice Neff <mai...@pa...> wrote: > Hi all, > > Has any of you recently stumbled over a good documentation of the > Mozilla bookmarks.html format? > > I just searched the Web and could not come up with anything > suitable. Unless any of you knows of something I'll reverse engineer > it once more but then write a decent documentation myself. > > Thanks a lot, > Patrice > > -- > the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation > through faith in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. > From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one > installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and > evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 > _______________________________________________ > Bkm-devel mailing list > Bkm...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bkm-devel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ |
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From: Patrice N. <mai...@pa...> - 2004-06-05 16:00:47
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Hi all, Has any of you recently stumbled over a good documentation of the Mozilla bookmarks.html format? I just searched the Web and could not come up with anything suitable. Unless any of you knows of something I'll reverse engineer it once more but then write a decent documentation myself. Thanks a lot, Patrice -- the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15) |
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From: Daniel R. <rem...@ya...> - 2004-04-16 16:25:41
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Hi Ben, If you have VB6, the easiest way to contribute is to set up CVS and check out the latest sources. SF.net has documentation on how to do this, if you need the specific URLs for CVS on Windows I can find them. Then just run the project (BKM.vbp) once you've done the checkout. If you find any bugs, file a bug report for them on the Bugs tracker, or, if you can, fix it and post a patch to the Patches tracker. If you need help creating a patch, mail me and I'll give you specific instructions; basically cvs diff -u. Thanks for your interest, Daniel Remenak --- Ben Vautier <bva...@vh...> wrote: > Hi, > > I came across this project a few weeks ago and am glad that developement has > resumed ... > > I have just started learning VB6, so I won't be able to add much to the code, > however I am willing to do some beta testing if necessary. Hopefully, in time > I will be able to contribute more actively. > > Kind regards, > > Ben Vautier > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html |
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From: Ben V. <bva...@vh...> - 2004-04-16 07:49:52
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Hi, I came across this project a few weeks ago and am glad that developement= has resumed ... I have just started learning VB6, so I won't be able to add much to the= code, however I am willing to do some beta testing if necessary.= Hopefully, in time I will be able to contribute more actively. Kind regards, Ben Vautier |
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From: Patrice N. <mai...@pa...> - 2004-04-13 08:14:24
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Hi,
I have been thinking a bit about how the license issue should be
handled. Specifically I thought about who actually owns BKM.
I have come up with the following proposal. This is basically a brain
storming, and not a formal proposal yet. :-)
1. The contributor of the code/icon/whatever owns the copyright
2. Contributors are tracked with the CVS module. The person who
commits the contribution into CVS is the owner of it. This
remains so even after the contributor has left the project.
3. In order to change the license of BKM, every
contributor needs to approve. To ask for approval, the
SourceForge capabilities are used
(i.e. use...@us...). If the contributor does
not give any feedback within 60 days, his/her permission is
implicitly granted.
4. The project admins will ensure that this guidelines are given to
a contributor and that he/her agrees to this conditions. Only
after this is done, will the user be added to the projects
developers.
5. This guidelines apply to the whole bkm projects at
Sourceforge. This includes at the moment pyBKM and vbBKM.
Please give me comments about this proposal. I'm very willing to
change it according to your feedback.
And I'm not sure if this would be too complicated. But I think it
gives us a pretty good balance between control and ensuring that BKM
stays free.
Regards,
Patrice
--
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me." (The Bible, John 14:6)
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From: Patrice N. <mai...@pa...> - 2004-04-08 03:12:01
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Daniel Remenak <rem...@ya...> writes: > Patrice, > Yes, that looks very good. But when I click "Other Contact", I get a 404 error > for http://bkm.sourceforge.net/feedback.html Stupid me. I fixed it now. Regards, Patrice -- Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (The Bible, John 14:6) |
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From: Daniel R. <rem...@ya...> - 2004-04-07 19:02:27
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Patrice, Yes, that looks very good. But when I click "Other Contact", I get a 404 error for http://bkm.sourceforge.net/feedback.html Thanks, Daniel Remenak --- Patrice Neff <mai...@pa...> wrote: > I have worked on it and just uploaded a new navigation. This should > fix the discussed problems. > > Do you like the solution? > > Regards, > Patrice __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ |
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From: Patrice N. <mai...@pa...> - 2004-04-06 06:50:45
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Daniel Remenak <rem...@ya...> writes: > Many GPL projects become very quagmirish after a bunch of people have committed > changes. I think it's usually smoothest to have copyright assignment to a > maintainer; this is the way BZFlag does it, everything that's committed is > automatically copyright Tim Riker. I would not be opposed to assigning my > copyrights on modifications to BKM to you. This would allow us to relicense if > necessary, which could be necessary in situations other than proprietary > code...e.g. if the GPL is found unreasonable in court, or if we decide that an > LGPL would suit it better. > All this is of course your choice; many projects do operate with distributed > copyright, it just makes it much less flexible. Some projects want that > inflexibility; gaim for instance did it specifically so that it could never be > licensed under anything but the GPL. This also removes the responsibility from > the maintainer; e.g. if Tim Riker was to suddenly die, BZFlag would be in quite > a mess if his will didn't say anything about the copyrights. I will be thinking about it. Both models have their advantage. Regards, Patrice -- Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (The Bible, John 14:6) |
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From: Patrice N. <mai...@pa...> - 2004-04-06 06:48:29
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Daniel Remenak <rem...@ya...> writes: > Looks good to me (English at least :)) One thing I noticed is that there is no > longer any direct link to the sourceforge project page, and to get to the bugs > or feature requests pages the reader has to go several layers down, and make > some logical jumps (e.g...I found a bug, where do I go? Have to figure out > which product I'm using (probably a good thing as far as we're concerned), then > have to make the connection that "Feedback" is the right place to go for that) I have worked on it and just uploaded a new navigation. This should fix the discussed problems. Do you like the solution? Regards, Patrice -- Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (The Bible, John 14:6) |
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From: Daniel R. <rem...@ya...> - 2004-04-03 17:37:26
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Jack, Patrice: > Thank you for pointing them out. Unfortunately when I tried to > download the modified BKM the downloads always timed out. So I was not > yet able to look into that issue myself. Well, it took me a few hours (gotta love dialup) but... > Just an explanation for the records: The reason why I did this with > the DLLs this way is not that I want to hide the source code but that > I have simply lost the source code to them. Yes, but that is also an option for keeping certain code (e.g. a Sync2It module) proprietary also. While I usually do not like this option at all, if Sync2It considers their protocol a trade secret, this would allow them to protect it, while still allowing them to use the rest of Bookmark-Manager in compliance with the GPL. Since Jack has already said he wants most of the changes to be in Bookmark-Manager proper, the only possible sticking point I saw was the Sync2It protocol...I don't know if it is proprietary or not; Jack may be able to fill us in. If it's not, there's no reason for keeping it separate from Bookmark-Manager. > There is no such license agreement in the moment. And with your > (Daniel's) changes I would not even be permitted to grant such a > license anymore. At least not without some paperwork. Many GPL projects become very quagmirish after a bunch of people have committed changes. I think it's usually smoothest to have copyright assignment to a maintainer; this is the way BZFlag does it, everything that's committed is automatically copyright Tim Riker. I would not be opposed to assigning my copyrights on modifications to BKM to you. This would allow us to relicense if necessary, which could be necessary in situations other than proprietary code...e.g. if the GPL is found unreasonable in court, or if we decide that an LGPL would suit it better. All this is of course your choice; many projects do operate with distributed copyright, it just makes it much less flexible. Some projects want that inflexibility; gaim for instance did it specifically so that it could never be licensed under anything but the GPL. This also removes the responsibility from the maintainer; e.g. if Tim Riker was to suddenly die, BZFlag would be in quite a mess if his will didn't say anything about the copyrights. > Thank you again for pointing this out. I think Jack is going in the > right direction with integrating the changes into BKM. Definately. > Meanwhile it > might be good to just upload the source code to the sync2it Web server > so that we can have a look at it. This does not have to be publicly > announced. Actually, there is another option which I had not included in my previous e-mail. If no license changes are made, Sync2It has two options: distribute the source to every Sync2It member who asks (since you must be a Sync2It member to download the binaries), or stop distribution. Personally, I don't like the last option. I love seeing BKM used. I only mention it here because that would allow time for dealing with the other licensing options I had mentioned. Of course, if Patrice doesn't want the other options to be used (it's his call), then you're back to square one: distribute the sources or stop distributing binaries. > And thank you Jack for making the changes and joining the development > team. Who knows if we had ever found out about this changes I you > didn't... Yes, thanks for joining. I think the changes you've made are very worthwhile, I just want to be sure we don't have license issues floating around to bonk us in the head in the future. Sorry for my verbosity, I'd just like to avoid misunderstandings. --Daniel Remenak __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ |
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From: Patrice N. <mai...@pa...> - 2004-04-03 12:16:50
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Hi, This is just a short note about the issue at <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=450468&group_id=29922&atid=398108>. I will do some testing and get back to you. Daniel: you wrote, that SAX generates an error. Can you tell me how it generates this error? Does it call the Error method? By the way: the whole problem is probably related to the encoding. Default encoding for XML files is UTF-8. So unless otherwise stated, everything is handled as UTF-8. We might want to change this to ISO-8859-15 or some Windows encoding. But I don't know how to do that the right way with Visual Basic. Because we ought to use the encoding in XML which is actually used by Visual Basic. Regards, Patrice -- Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (The Bible, John 14:6) |
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From: Patrice N. <mai...@pa...> - 2004-04-03 11:48:43
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Hi Daniel, > I was looking at Sync2It, and had some concerns about license issues. Thank you for pointing them out. Unfortunately when I tried to download the modified BKM the downloads always timed out. So I was not yet able to look into that issue myself. > If you have concerns about proprietary code you may have integrated, another > option is to wrap that code in a DLL and get Patrice to write an exception for > that DLL into BKM's license notices (such exceptions already exist for several > DLL's that Patrice wrote or modified), and distribute the remaining sources a > la the GPL. Just an explanation for the records: The reason why I did this with the DLLs this way is not that I want to hide the source code but that I have simply lost the source code to them. > The final option (and least desireable IMHO, as it prevents Sync2It users from > upgrading Bookmark-Manager if you stop maintaining your copy, as well as > preventing the community as a whole from benefiting from improvements you've > made) is to ask Patrice for a separate license agreement for Sync2It (if you > have already done this, please forgive me), in which case you should remove the > GPL notices from the installer and documentation, as the software would no > longer be under the GPL's restrictions. There is no such license agreement in the moment. And with your (Daniel's) changes I would not even be permitted to grant such a license anymore. At least not without some paperwork. Thank you again for pointing this out. I think Jack is going in the right direction with integrating the changes into BKM. Meanwhile it might be good to just upload the source code to the sync2it Web server so that we can have a look at it. This does not have to be publicly announced. And thank you Jack for making the changes and joining the development team. Who knows if we had ever found out about this changes I you didn't... Regards, Patrice -- Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (The Bible, John 14:6) |
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