Re: LibreCAD license review
Posted by
R. van Twisk on
Dec 06, 2011; 4:42am
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/LibreCAD-license-review-tp5050874p5051013.html
Scott,
I will check the jww licenses but I am pretty sure they are not added by Ribbonsoft
and I think they where added to the header because the person who wrote the software thought
this was the right way todo. I will see if I can contact the person (I think he is chinese or Japanses).
The code was found on a a version of SF.
If I cannot get in contact with the person I think it's fine to remove it again. I only know one person
who is interested in it.
I will let Rallaz answer number 2)
Ries
On Dec 5, 2011, at 10:00 PM, showard314 [via LibreCAD] wrote:
Hello all,
Development is very busy now with tremendous new features that will be
unveiled in LibreCAD 2. Check out what's going on at github and IRC to
get a preview.
I've been periodically watching the progress to make sure everything
stays within license compliance. Some issues we should resolve:
1) what is the license and copyright for jwwlib/? "dl_jww-copy.cpp"
says "Copyright (C) 2001-2003 RibbonSoft. All rights reserved." and
licensed GPLv2, but I can't find that file from anything RibbonSoft
distributes. The other files are not licensed at all. Could we check
into the copyright and license for that library (make it GPL2+ i.e.
GPLv2 or greater)? If we're not planning on releasing this ever (if
the new dxf library doesn't need it, for example), they we don't have
to worry about it.
2) I already talked to Rallaz, but ttf2llf has the same problem (it
says copyright RibbonSoft, but I don't see anything at RibbonSoft's
site about it; and the license is only GPLv2 not GPLv2+)
Cheers,
Scott