Re: tomboy-ng package with non standard license.
Thank you Paul, I am afraid I am a still a little unsure however.
On 12/9/20 11:29 am, Paul Wise wrote:
> Dependencies should be packaged separately, not copied into the
> package that depends on them.
Yes, I understand that. However, LCL Packages usually have no existence
outside the Lazarus IDE. The IDE has built in tools to fetch and install
such packages and most Lazarus based applications are built from within
the IDE. However, that will not work with the Debian build system. It
would not be possible to make a general purpose KControls Debian
package, the Lazarus IDE uses a 'pull' model for its packages, it will
not accept a 'push'. Packages need to be installed in user space,
normally, on Linux, this is in a configuration dependent hidden
directory in $HOME.
Alternatively, if I was to make a Debian KControls package intended only
for command line building of my specific app, and thats what it would
have to be, I am quite sure it would be judged as inappropriate. I would
need to 'invent' a specific place to put the files and then when
building tomboy-ng, would look for them in that place. Thats wrong !
>> This code is distributed as a freeware. You are free to use it as part of your application for any purpose including freeware, commercial and shareware applications. The origin of this source code must not be misrepresented; you must not claim your authorship. All redistributions of the original or modified source code must retain the original copyright notice. The Author accepts no liability for any damage that may result from using this code.
> This license contains an implicit permission to modify, but it would
> be much better to make it explicit. If you are going to go to the
> trouble of asking upstream to get permission from all the copyright
> holders to change the license, it would be much better to just switch
> to a standard license (GPL, MIT or BSD) though.
Sorry, unsure of what you mean here. I don't intend asking upstream to
change its license. Its unlikely I will get TK (the KControls author) to
change the KControls license. When he first moved to Github, we
discussed the license extensively, his original license would,
unintentionally, have prevented it use. What we have now is the best we
can hope for. Or do you mean I should change my license (that applies to
my app, tomboy-ng) to make it somehow more compatible ?
Paul, I wonder if we can talk about the "should"s and the "must"s ? I
really have no control over TK's license. If its unacceptable, then
thats what it is. At some time in the future, its just possible i will
use RichMemo instead but until then, this approach is the only one open
to me.
David
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