Re: [Notion-devel] the agenda

[M R. <mr...@gm...>]

On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 23:54 +0200, Ole Jørgen Brønner wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:52:56 +0200, Alexander Rink <a....@gm...> wrote:
> 
> > Grab it while it's hot: https://sourceforge.net/downloads/notion/notion-20100409.tar.gz
> 
> Wow, lots of things have happened. Nice that someone does something.
> 
> Couple questions:
> 1. Are we basing the fork on ion-3 stable, and not the development branch (ion-3plus)?
> I'm not really sure how much differences there is, but are there reasons not to base it on the development branch? (ion-3plus seems quite stable to me)

ion-3plus does not include libtu and libextl, which means they need to
be compiled separately before you can compile notion. ion-3 resembles
more what what notion should look like when it's released, and we can
always add ion-3plus' changes later.

> 2. Do you have the darcs repo for the stable branch? (ion-3)

all the ion3-related code is available here: http://github.com/gwash

> 3. Are we sure we can remove the preamble from the license in the fork? (https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/ion-general/2010-April/001880.html)

I'm no longer sure, i thought that the preamble could be removed if we
satisfied all of Tuomo's conditions, but then i noticed this:

"In the text of sections 0-2, 4-12, and 14-16 of the LGPL, "this
License" is to be understood to refer to the LGPL extended with these
terms and, where applicable, possible similar terms related to the names
of other works forming a whole. Sections 3 and 13 of the LGPL are void.
Where contradictory, these additional terms take precedence over the
LGPL."

wtf? can he even do that? it's obviously in violation of LGPL's Section
3 and 13:

"[...] Once this change is made in a given copy, it is irreversible for
that copy, so the ordinary GNU General Public License applies to ___all
subsequent copies and derivative works made from that copy.___"

"[...] If the Library specifies a version number of this License which
applies to it and ___"any later version"___, you have the option of
following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any
later version published by the Free Software Foundation."

we need a lawyer!


M Rawash