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Folks,
I ITP the JX Application Framework, Code Crusader, and Code Medic.
See <http://www.newplanetsoftware.com/jx> for info on all three.
JX is a full-featured application
framework and widget library for use
with the X Window System. It
provides support for all facets of
application development, including
distributed applications, and aims to
combine the best of MacOS and
NeXTSTEP. It is built directly on top
of Xlib and has been carefully
optimized for performance.
Code Crusader is essentially an IDE that can handle almost any
modern programing and/or markup language, and has all the nifty
features an IDE user wants.
Code Medic is a GUI front end for gdb, and can be integrated
with Code Crusader, to make debugging efficient.
Crusader and Medic both depend on JX.
All three packages should work on any arch supported by Debian.
I plan to call the packages 'jxappf', code-crusader', and 'code-medic'.
Crusader and Medic's licenses are not GPL, but they are DFSG-compliant.
However, I would like feedback on the JX license. The relevant portions
are #included below my sig.
The essence of it is that JX is Library Shareware. If you make money
from using it, you have to pay for it. Otherwise, it is free for all
non-commercial use. It is also freely redistributable, and it can
be modified, but the mods have to be distributed as patches to the
original archive.
Specifically, I am looking for feedback WRT the clause that requires
governmental/corporate use to be licensed on a case-by-case basis, and
how this squires with the "Non-Discrimination" clauses of the DFSG.
[ IMHO, it is DFSG compliant. But I _am_ a rookie. ;^> ]
Note that all this is pending permission from the authors to actually
_package_ the software. :^)
Opinions? Caveats?
Cheers!
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JCore, JX, and associated documentation files (the "Software") are
copyright (c) 1994-99 by John Lindal, Glenn Bach, and Dustin Laurence (the
"Authors").
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
This file shall be included unchanged in all copies or substantial portions
of the Software.
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The Software is distributed under the SYPP license:
Preamble
In an ideal world, all software would be free. In the real world, however,
most people cannot afford to give away what they create because they do not
have sufficient income from other sources.
Shareware is the accepted compromise for stand-alone programs. Users only
have to pay if the software is useful. SYPP provides an equivalent
compromise for libraries of code by asking the program's author to share
the profits from the program with the library's author.
License
The Software is free for non-commercial development.
Any commercial or government use of the Software, including internal use,
must be accompanied by a license agreement to be negotiated on a
case-by-case basis. The Software is free during the initial evaluation.
Shareware is considered a commercial use, so it requires a license
agreement. However, one is only required to pay a one-time library
shareware fee for the Software and only after the program has brought in 10
times as much as the library shareware fee. (This means that one only
needs to pay when the program is successful, thereby avoiding any financial
risk to the shareware author.)
The Software may be freely redistributed in its original form.
If you make modifications to the Software, you may distribute them in a
separate package as a set of patches. Modifications must not alter or
remove this license or any copyright notices. The Authors are granted a
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future releases.
If you distribute a compiled version of the modified Software, it must
clearly display the fact that it is not built from the original
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If you legally obtain a program that requires the Software in order to run,
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you use it only to run that program.
The official text of the SYPP license is on the World Wide Web:
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~jafl/sypp/
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Both JCore and JX use the The ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE)
library for all their networking needs. According to the author of ACE,
Doug Schmidt, you are only required to mention ACE in your documentation if
you use it directly. Indirect use via JCore or JX functionality does not
require you to mention it. (But it wouldn't hurt if you mentioned it
anyway :) The minimal text is:
"ACE is copyrighted by Douglas C. Schmidt and his research group at
Washington University, Copyright (c) 1993-1997, all rights reserved."
The ACE Copyright Web page has all the details:
http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-copying.html
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Both JCore and JX use Henry Spencer's Regular Expression package as
encapsulated by the JRegex class. If you do not use regexes in your code,
you do not need to mention it. If your code uses regexes, but they are not
visible to the user, then you only need to give Henry credit in the
documentation for your code. If your application lets the user use
regexes, then your program's documentation should mention it.
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JX uses the GIF library GD to provide the GIF related functions in JXImage.
If your program displays any GIFs at all, you must include the following
text in your program's documentation in a place where the user can find it:
Portions copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, by Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory. Funded under Grant P41-RR02188 by the National Institutes
of Health.
Portions copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, by Boutell.Com, Inc.
GIF decompression code copyright 1990, 1991, 1993, by David Koblas
(koblas@netcom.com).
Non-LZW-based GIF compression code copyright 1998, by Hutchison Avenue
Software Corporation (http://www.hasc.com/, info@hasc.com).
Permission has been granted to copy and distribute gd in any context,
including a commercial application, provided that this notice is
present in user-accessible supporting documentation.
This does not affect your ownership of the derived work itself, and the
intent is to assure proper credit for the authors of gd, not to
interfere with your productive use of gd. If you have questions, ask.
"Derived works" includes all programs that utilize the library. Credit
must be given in user-accessible documentation.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation. This software is provided "as is" without
express or implied warranty.
The main GD page has all the details:
http://www.boutell.com/gd/
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JX uses the XPM library to provide the XPM related functions in JXImage.
If your program displays any XPMs at all, you must include the following
text in your program's documentation in a place where the user can find it:
Copyright (C) 1989-95 GROUPE BULL
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
GROUPE BULL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Except as contained in this notice, the name of GROUPE BULL shall not be
used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings
in this Software without prior written authorization from GROUPE BULL.
The main libXPM page has all the details:
http://www.inria.fr/koala/lehors/xpm.html
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