Re: [Nagios-devel] Nagios Interoperability
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:58 am
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hey thibault,
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 12:11:42PM +0200, Thibault Genessay wrote:
> The problem is that the GPL states that any *interface* must be=20
> provided. Hence the XML schema or any other well-defined method would=20
> imply making the specs themselves GPL'd, and thus we did not solve=20
> anything. (But I might be wrong on that topic).
i guess that's a little tricky. from my experience, though, if the schema
definition already existed, or was seperately released and developed,
you wouldn't be breaking any licenses merely providing compatibility
with said definitions. =20
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 04:34:11PM +0200, Thibault Genessay wrote:
> >What about the most simple solution: get a proper license from Ethan.
> >The GPL is the default license, Ethan can give you a custom license if
> >he wants to.
> >
> Why not after all ... But I doubt Ethan would allow such a license just=
=20
> for me (and actually I see no reason why I could do something the others=
=20
> cannot). Anyway I think that it would be an improvement to open a few of=
=20
> the specs. of Nagios through the use of an LGPL shared lib.
i can't speak for anyone but myself... but if someone came along to me
wanting an alternate license for a gpl'd project of mine, there's a
chance i could be persuaded to do so if there were some personal
incentive
sean
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hey thibault,
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 12:11:42PM +0200, Thibault Genessay wrote:
> The problem is that the GPL states that any *interface* must be=20
> provided. Hence the XML schema or any other well-defined method would=20
> imply making the specs themselves GPL'd, and thus we did not solve=20
> anything. (But I might be wrong on that topic).
i guess that's a little tricky. from my experience, though, if the schema
definition already existed, or was seperately released and developed,
you wouldn't be breaking any licenses merely providing compatibility
with said definitions. =20
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 04:34:11PM +0200, Thibault Genessay wrote:
> >What about the most simple solution: get a proper license from Ethan.
> >The GPL is the default license, Ethan can give you a custom license if
> >he wants to.
> >
> Why not after all ... But I doubt Ethan would allow such a license just=
=20
> for me (and actually I see no reason why I could do something the others=
=20
> cannot). Anyway I think that it would be an improvement to open a few of=
=20
> the specs. of Nagios through the use of an LGPL shared lib.
i can't speak for anyone but myself... but if someone came along to me
wanting an alternate license for a gpl'd project of mine, there's a
chance i could be persuaded to do so if there were some personal
incentive
sean
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