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"What we need is an EXAMPLE library that can be downloaded and searched." Sounds to me like wheel-reinventing. Besides, the whole point of code-sharing is that if you don't like the way a library is implemented, you can change it to suit yourself. If you think the change improves the library, share it back out. I realise that this approach doesn't suit all shops, but look at it this way - if you get a service program, complete with source code, then you automagically *get* an example library. The important difference is that the example library has been subjected to extensive peer review, and proven to work in other installations. Hopefully. "Hell that would be building another Microsoft Windows environment. Lots of DLL to use and no way to see if they have bugs." Au contraire, the single biggest problem with Windows is the fact that the source code is closed. I *strongly* advocate the publication of source code with libraries, for the precise purpose of being able to find the bugs. The DLL concept is one of the (few) strengths of Windows, and it warmed my heart to see service programs arrive on the '400. ____________ Paul Cunnane The Learning Company ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: RE: RPG 400 code on the NET Author: Chris Bipes <ChrisB@Cross-check.com> at InterNet Date: 17-09-99 9:51 am As a fairly new programmer to the ILE environment I love the code snippets I have received here. What we need is an EXAMPLE library that can be downloaded and searched. I am not looking for service programs to add to my library. Hell that would be building another Microsoft Windows environment. Lots of DLL to use and no way to see if they have bugs. The same function available in a multitude of service programs. What we need to do is share Ideas. Say Hey I have coded that before and here is how I did it. We then can modify the source for our own in-house coding standards and add to our own in-house libraries. Forget all copyrights and help each other out. This list has help me to learn lots. When I have a completely tested Sockets service program that behaves the way I want it to, I will post on this list. I welcome all constructive comments that I may Get. Here is a short cut to where I have posted my work to date. HTTP://www.cableone.net/ckb62/socksrv.rpgle HTTP://www.cableone.net/ckb62/tcpipsock.rpgle HTTP://www.cableone.net/ckb62/tcpipsockp.rpgle Christopher K. Bipes mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com Sr. Programmer/Analyst mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com CrossCheck, Inc. http://www.cross-check.com 6119 State Farm Drive Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102 Rohnert Park CA 94928 Fax: 707 586-1884 *Note to Recruiters I nor anyone that I know of is interested in any new and/or exciting positions. Please do not contact me. -----Original Message----- From: James W. Kilgore [mailto:qappdsn@ibm.net] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:41 PM To: RPG400-L@midrange.com Subject: Re: RPG 400 code on the NET Jim, Now I'm no lawyer, but I disagree with you about the GPL license in regard to code snippets. As I read it, the GPL license prohibits one from profiteering from a derivative of another's work. In the original context of the GPL license, the original work is a "full and working program". Subsequent contributors would refine the original work. The original author and contributors are all acknowledged. It's more of an informal resume building exercise. For example, I have a routine which allows one to build an available Fxx key text string on the fly. As such, it is not a "full and working program" and I would not place it in public domain under the GPL license. I -would- put it out for public use under a shareware license. The normal practice for shareware would require that copyright be acknowledged and notice of such retained in all derivative works. The nominal request for "registration" fees aid in the support of experimental works. It is a way of funding a hobby. AFAIK, the GPL license requires that the source code be made available for anyone to modify. A service program under a shareware license would not have such a restriction. There is a "free for personal use" clause, but a caveat about commercial (for profit) use. If you want to use the code in a commercial product, you must contact the author and negotiate a license agreement. This may be a better suited venue for AS/400 shared code. Jim Langston wrote: > I don't' think we want to do that, Paul. If I use someone's code snippet > in a program I write, I want to be able to turn around and sell that > program. Well, right now I'm working for another company, and we > are using everything in house, but others may want to sell their programs. > > I have no objection to giving someone some code, they include it in > a program, then make a million dollars off it, more power to them. > > What I think we are talking about here is making everyone's life > a lot easier by making us all reinvent the wheel. > > The GPL license says that if you use that code in your program, you > can not then sell your program. > > Regards, > > Jim Langston > +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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