RE: [Mapbuilder-devel] Mapbuilder and the GPL

[Adair, M. <Mike.Adair@CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca>]

Hi Matt,

Yes I am in agreement with what Raj has been saying and all your points
listed below.

Mike Adair

> -----Original Message-----
> From: map...@li... 
> [mailto:map...@li...] On 
> Behalf Of Diez, Matthew
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:55 PM
> To: Mapbuilder-Devel (map...@li...)
> Subject: RE: [Mapbuilder-devel] Mapbuilder and the GPL
> 
> Sorry to keep bringing this up, as I would hate to miss 
> something and get my
> firm
> into a legal battle, but I would like to get some assurance on this.
> 
> 
> To paraphrase:
> * We may integrate map builder into our Java/JSP web application
> * Doing so does not place the entire codebase under the GPL, only the
> Mapbuilder section
> * Mapbuilder will be bundled as intact complete source when 
> we ship the
> product
> * If we make changes to the Javascript/XST of Mapbuilder, we 
> will make those
> changes publicly available
> 	* Public Availability means submitting changes back to the
> Mapbuilder community
>  	* Public Availability means that if requested, our 
> client may submit
> the modified/extended Javascript code to any third-parties
> * Those changes will be clearly marked so as to delineate 
> them from the
> original
> 	* Here, we would include both the original package, and 
> a directory
> full of our changes (if the mapbuilder community chose not to 
> accept them)
> * If we write our own WMS/Servlet code to respond to 
> Mapbuilder requests,
> that code does not need to be released under the GPL
> * If we use third-party WMS/Servlet code to respond to 
> Mapbuilder requests,
> that code does not need to be released under the GPL
> 
> Are Cameron Shorter, Mike Adair, Nedjo Rodgers, Tom Kralidis, 
> and Matthew
> Perry in agreement with
> what Raj wrote (plus my points of clarification)? 
> 
> Matthew D. Diez
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: map...@li...
> [mailto:map...@li...] On 
> Behalf Of Raj Singh
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:49 AM
> To: Diez, Matthew
> Cc: Mapbuilder-Devel (map...@li...)
> Subject: Re: [Mapbuilder-devel] Mapbuilder and the GPL
> 
> 
> No, I don't think that puts the app in a gray area. I think that's  
> exactly the way the GPL is supposed to work. You have an app that  
> needs to be proprietary, but you want to use an open component, and  
> you need to modify the open component to make it of use. Therefore  
> you have the responsibility to contribute your modifications back to  
> the OS community. Just make sure the mods to mapbuilder are clearly  
> separated from your code.
> 
> --Raj
> 
> On Jun 29, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Diez, Matthew wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps we could develop the Select/Edit Feature widget and hand it
> > back
> > to the mapbuilder community
> > without having to open-source the remainder of our app?
> >
> >   Or does this put us in way too much gray area?
> >
> > Matthew D. Diez
> 
> 
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