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Do people actually still go to Common? -----Original Message----- From: web400-bounces+mskvarenina=usa.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces+mskvarenina=usa.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:52 PM To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries Subject: RE: [WEB400] RE: CGIDEV2 Frankly, it sounds like a good idea to me...Soundoff at COMMON sounds good starting place....or perhaps the "town hall" meeting...we could do with a little less preaching to the choir and a little more listening to the clients...:) On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Nathan Andelin wrote: > Walden, > > Giovanni recently clarified on yahoo groups that the > open source license he wrote and published at > http://www-922.ibm.com/easy400p/easy400pos.html > applied to other software provided on the site, but > not to CGIDEV2, which I'm sure was was a surprise to a > lot of people. > > He promoted CGIDEV2 as "open source", but now > acknowledges that it wasn't. Just before his > retirement from IBM, Giovanni requested that IBM > release the product as open source, but his request > was refused. He indicated that he was reprimanded by > an IBM attorney, for allowing Mel to fix and enhance > the product after leaving IBM, and for distributing > Mel's changes. > > Giovanni is now calling for a popular uprising to > pressure IBM into releasing its copyright. Who knows > what the folks at IBM CTC may be thinking, other than > feeling reluctant to relinquish their rights. > > Nathan M. Andelin > > > --- "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >>> I did then ask the owner of CGIDEV2, the IBM CTC >> Rochester, >>> to let me redistribute CGIDEV2 from my site, in >> order to >>> provide future maintenance and enhancements. >> >> OK, I'm confused. First, I am NOT a lawyer, but >> having said that, if you >> look at the license on the ibm site for CGIDEV2 it's >> really clear that >> anyone can modify the code and redistribute both the >> original and the >> modified versions. So, what does Giovanni need >> permission for, and >> what's IBM withholding. Seems to me Giovanni could >> just put the code on >> his site and he'd be doing nothing wrong. >> >> -Walden >> >> ------------ >> Walden H Leverich III >> Tech Software >> (516) 627-3800 x11 >> WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.TechSoftInc.com >> >> Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. >> (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.) >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > -- > This is the Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries (WEB400) mailing list > To post a message email: WEB400@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/web400 > or email: WEB400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/web400. >
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