[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: GPL and XML and Schemas

  • From: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
  • To: Dave Pawson <davep@d...>
  • Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:33:59 -0500

Re:  GPL and XML and Schemas
GPL = I will walk around in public nude, you can look, but if you are 
not nude and you cannot take a picture of me and if you do you cannot 
use it in any way. (I could expand on this thought...)

There is no way to know what is appropriate with GPL. They can change 
any way they want. What used to be able to be downloaded and used on a 
machine, can be considered a deployment (liable for 10s/100s/1,000s of 
thousands of dollars) - do you know how you are using GPL software.

(How many GPL-ites believe in DRM?)

Or, bring on some lawyers - isn't that great!

Oh, SUN GPL'd java... hmmmph

Oh, for those who think this is FUD, ask Sleepycat (major player in the 
GPL) if you (being, say, a non-profit but not open source) can develop 
with their DB on your local machine and then download their DB to a 
remote server to use. You can't - not without paying. It is a 
deployment. How many other companies are going to use this (SUN)?

OK. time fo nother glass o wine


Dave Pawson wrote:
> Wrt code, GPL/LGPL seems comprehensible.
> For documentation there is FDL.
> 
> Has anyone gone through the hassle of working out what's appropriate
> for xml, particularly schemas? Doesn't seem to match LGPL definition
> of 'l'ibrary; Isn't documentation and isn't code.
> 
> 
> 
> TIA
> 




[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index]


PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!

Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced!

Buy Stylus Studio Now

Download The World's Best XML IDE!

Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today!

Don't miss another message! Subscribe to this list today.
Email
First Name
Last Name
Company
Subscribe in XML format
RSS 2.0
Atom 0.3
 

Stylus Studio has published XML-DEV in RSS and ATOM formats, enabling users to easily subcribe to the list from their preferred news reader application.


Stylus Studio Sponsored Links are added links designed to provide related and additional information to the visitors of this website. they were not included by the author in the initial post. To view the content without the Sponsor Links please click here.

Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks
Free Stylus Studio XML Training:
W3C Member
Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery ™are products from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2013 All Rights Reserved.