[Biojava-dev] biojava v2 alpha1 release

[Michael Heuer]

Looking forward to jumping in.  I think the LGPL is still appropriate.

   michael


On Wed, 5 May 2004, Matthew Pocock wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have just committed the alpha1 release of biojava 2 (code-named
> medusa) to svn. To compile & run BJV2, you will need a 1.5 java sdk, SVN
> (1.0 or newer) and a reasonably up-to-date ANT. I'm releasing this
> revision under lGPL. I am happy to move to another open-source license
> if people feel it would be helpfull. GPL and OSL appear to be no good -
> to viral. BSD and friends are no good - too easy to split/pilfer. I'm
> reading through licences on http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ in the
> vain hope of finding something suitable.
>
> All bugs/questions either direct to me or to biojava-dev.
>
> Matthew
>
> ----
>
> Getting bjv2:
>
> the complete thing
>   http://www.derkholm.net/svn/repos/bjv2
>
> development version
>   http://www.derkholm.net/svn/repos/bjv2/trunk
>
> alpha1 release
>   http://www.derkholm.net/svn/repos/bjv2/branches/medusa
>
> ----
>
> Things I want in the license:
>
> 1) "we" own the code - a 3rd party can't take it, change the formatting
> and stop us using it
>
> 2) "you" can incorporate the library into your app. this requries you to:
>   acknowledge that you use us & what license you use us under
>   provide access to the source - presumably as a link to our repository
>
> 3) if "you" have modified "our" source and then distribute the
> modification you must:
>   notify the user that you've done this
>   make the source of the modifications available under this license
>   allow the modifications to be rolled back into the main copy of the
> code (we may chose not to though)
>
> 4) "you" can use example code without tainting your apps with our license
>
> 5) none of this lGPL linking rubbish - what's that all about anyway?
>
> 6) "we" are not liable for anything - we don't claim the code is fit for
> any purpose and if it craps out, you pay the consequences
>
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