Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] lcd4linux licensing issue

[Xavier V. <xav...@fr...>]

Hi Michael, hi Luk, all list.

> > The files are evaluator.c and .h
> > The code based on something I found in the net, but was heavily modified 
> > by me (the original code could only handle numeric values, for example, 
> > and I did add lots of new levels and expressions.
> > [...] 
> The only problem I spot is the part "However, you may not charge anyone 
> else for the use of this code!"
Yes, this is not compatible with the GPL :/

> > I could not reach the author, I tried several times (but per email only, 
> > not snail mail).
> > What should we do here?
> There are many possibilities:
> - non-free
> - contrib (depend on Evaluator) and (changed) Evaluator in non-free
I don't think we should have this discussion if this is the only
solution. non-free is not used by everybody (a large mass think non-free
contains closed-source programs only). It's not worth the price to go to
non-free.

> - main either by removing Evaluator (possibly rewrite the code from 
> scratch) or by making Evaluator free (contact the author by whatever 
> means to change license, but I don't think he will change it as the 
> license is pretty clear and you haven't got an answer by e-mail :-()
Michael, you should try to send him a snail mail, stating our
  situation, with all the possible means to contact you back (email,
 mail, phone, fax, ...).
I think he didn't think that someday a little Michi would find his code
and include it in lcd4linux. I don't think he has interest of keeping
this non-comercial clause. Maybe he changed his email, did you google
for his name ?

Other thing Luk : isn't (604) 479-7861 a phone number in Canada ?

Bye !
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Xavier VELLO <xav...@fr...>