From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tristan Colgate Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Guile 1.8 / Viper System Interface Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:42:04 +0000 Message-ID: References: <558CE503.5020807@o2online.de> <559056A9.2030200@o2online.de> <87381b9egl.fsf@governatore.luna> <87si9brlt5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <5591082B.6030509@o2online.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bacb0ee6df8940519a9184f X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1435588958 16415 80.91.229.3 (29 Jun 2015 14:42:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:42:38 +0000 (UTC) To: Michael Tiedtke , guile-user@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 29 16:42:33 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9aGV-0008OI-Sw for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:42:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42543 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9aGV-0003r8-C9 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:42:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37299) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9aGI-0003qh-Jl for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:42:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9aGG-0001aB-2f for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:42:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-x235.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::235]:33564) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9aGF-0001ZN-Mj for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:42:16 -0400 Original-Received: by wgck11 with SMTP id k11so143472686wgc.0 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 07:42:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=BYNjrOwiVBg4HnR+feuLcuIuA5ucTrVf0gfuBnInh1c=; b=beciNk8G6CWKxppozhgBkhXDNuWgazcO+sxxXNWfFfv04YW+dlEAnFVeV6KOSFsiQW N47lokUi05jLoD9mi8ugxnRzJ4mOYIkMSTSPsNEswicR/j7cBbKJKEIjxaF6Lj1TvTAu sfc3BhtLl4ily0hdrE30xCnckVh4PqhkUg2sPLkeB58wr0+ARzSuW76+BAI0OB1nVN00 SJZtNwuKfFWC56jaux8ljKLuWkuPFNZQ1RIY/73WT8fPfXLeFXTYeyE5VLvtNPQh7M8H KTK/Q7O9UebWMSv7fgug7/sT+ZhRM3vNBhE7S6lGMpBvoZwud3qz/I8U8+XB64I7IW2t J84w== X-Received: by 10.194.52.37 with SMTP id q5mr31702088wjo.122.1435588933579; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 07:42:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5591082B.6030509@o2online.de> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c00::235 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:11892 Archived-At: --047d7bacb0ee6df8940519a9184f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Could this be moved off to a more appropriate, non-guile, and non-FSF list please. On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 09:59 Michael Tiedtke wrote: > On 29/06/2015 09:55, David Kastrup wrote: > > Marco Maggi writes: > > > >> Michael Tiedtke wrote: > >> > >>> Today the first successful clean room build of Viper's System > >>> Interface (still heavily recognizable as Guile 1.8) compiled > >>> successfully and ran for the first time. > >> Excuse me, I step in as a foreigner. If you do an unofficial fork of a > >> GNU project: are you not required to change the name of the project to > >> comply with the GPL? > > How do you get that? > > > > GUILE 1.8.8 is released under LGPL 2.1. The respective clause does not > > call for a renaming of the project. Here is the section for > > modification: > > Legal can take a break. Justice is not a goddess but only an allegory > and has to pause once again. > > Renaming is the first of many substantial changes and fair use > considering the original distribution networks. > > > > > > 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Library or any portion > > of it, thus forming a work based on the Library, and copy and > > distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 > > above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: > > > > a) The modified work must itself be a software library. > LGPL: "A "library" means a collection of software functions and/or data > prepared so as to be conveniently linked with application programs > (which use some of those functions and data) to form executables." > > Viper's System Interface (abbreviated VSI) will be available to the > intended "audience" (i.e. public after publication) as a segmented text > called source code. The LGPL will only apply to the collection of these > segments in files which fulfill the cited criteria of a "library" and > comply to the intentions of the original authors choosing that library. > Additionally provided transformed mutations (aka binary or executable > files) are not prohibited and if technically possible - can be "linked" > against with the usual methods if supported by the system. > Many libraries are executable binaries themselves (include the GNU C > Library) but not every binary is suitable for every method of linking. > (Whatever the undefined term "link" should mean). > > Example: > mt@nPong:/lib64$ ./libc.so.6 > GNU C Library (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.21-0ubuntu4) stable release version 2.21, > by Roland McGrath et al. > Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. > There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A > PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > Compiled by GNU CC version 4.9.2. > Available extensions: > crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others > GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson > Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al > BIND-8.2.3-T5B > libc ABIs: UNIQUE IFUNC > For bug reporting instructions, please see: > . > > > > > > > b) You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices > > stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. > > That's an unfair restriction of fair use considering the "open" > mechanics of the distribution original distribution networks as well as > the lack of such notices by the maintainers and distributers themselves > which are not the original authors. Copyright holder is an undefined > term. With substantial changes to the file it even might result in a > copyright notice like the following excerpt from goops.scm > > ;;;; This software is a derivative work of other copyrighted softwares; the > ;;;; copyright notices of these softwares are placed in the file COPYRIGHTS > ;;;; > ;;;; This file is based upon stklos.stk from the STk distribution by > ;;;; Erick Gallesio . > ;;;; > > > > > > c) You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no > > charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. > > That is an impossible restriction of my freedom to trade even into the > domain of my own texts. Trading wars ... don't even try it. > > > > > > d) If a facility in the modified Library refers to a function or a > > table of data to be supplied by an application program that uses > > the facility, other than as an argument passed when the facility > > is invoked, then you must make a good faith effort to ensure that, > > in the event an application does not supply such function or > > table, the facility still operates, and performs whatever part of > > its purpose remains meaningful. > > > > (For example, a function in a library to compute square roots has > > a purpose that is entirely well-defined independent of the > > application. Therefore, Subsection 2d requires that any > > application-supplied function or table used by this function must > > be optional: if the application does not supply it, the square > > root function must still compute square roots.) > > > > > > There is a license but no licensing agreement because of the original > publication process onto next to zero effort copying networks. > The will of the original authors will be respected but not necessarily > by letters as interpreted by any third party. > > Further publication of the derived work onto similar networks is granted > by the original license. But there is no "anonymous" or other agreement > on these networks especially if the software text is provided free of > charge to the public. Thus third party licensing issue requests will be > ignored, in the best case. Please consider reverting to the original > distribution networks or others. > > We do not have be friends and can still get along in life. But if > Justice' robbers and child pirates try they might end up where ... > > Viper (Guile/GOOPS) itself is tagged as with a "simplified BSD" on > Launchpad which only should reflect my intentions as the original > author. Initial releases of VSI will be recognizable as Guile and carry > the original copyright notices as long as no substantial changes are > made to the respective files. > > As an initial change the new directory hierarchy seems to reflect the > directory layout of the original software package before it had become a > library. Guile's current source tree can be considered broken or at > least crippled with respected to common expectations about software > package source code directory layout and feasability of modifications. > > (VSI (VSI-core VSI-srfi VSI-oop VSI-C) (trash (blurbs (LICENSE ...))) ) > > --047d7bacb0ee6df8940519a9184f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Could this be moved off to a more appropriate, non-guile, an= d non-FSF list please.


On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 09:59= =C2=A0Michael Tiedtke <mich= ele.titke@o2online.de> wrote:
marco.maggi-ipsu@poste.it> writes:
>
>> Michael Tiedtke wrote:
>>
>>> Today the first successful clean room build of Viper's Sys= tem
>>> Interface (still heavily recognizable as Guile 1.8) compiled >>> successfully and ran for the first time.
>> Excuse me, I step in as a foreigner.=C2=A0 =C2=A0If you do an unof= ficial fork of a
>> GNU project: are you=C2=A0 not required to change the name=C2=A0 o= f the project to
>> comply with the GPL?
> How do you get that?
>
> GUILE 1.8.8 is released under LGPL 2.1.=C2=A0 The respective clause do= es not
> call for a renaming of the project.=C2=A0 Here is the section for
> modification:

Legal can take a break. Justice is not a goddess but only an allegory
and has to pause once again.

Renaming is the first of many substantial changes and fair use
considering the original distribution networks.


>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Library or a= ny portion
> of it, thus forming a work based on the Library, and copy and
> distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
> above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 a) The modified work must itself be a software lib= rary.
LGPL: "A "library" means a collection of software functions = and/or data
prepared so as to be conveniently linked with application programs
(which use some of those functions and data) to form executables."

Viper's System Interface (abbreviated VSI) will be available to the
intended "audience" (i.e. public after publication) as a segmente= d text
called source code. The LGPL will only apply to the collection of these
segments in files which fulfill the cited criteria of a "library"= and
comply to the intentions of the original authors choosing that library.
Additionally provided transformed mutations (aka binary or executable
files) are not prohibited and if technically possible - can be "linked= "
against with the usual methods if supported by the system.
=C2=A0 Many libraries are executable binaries themselves (include the GNU C=
Library) but not every binary is suitable for every method of linking.
(Whatever the undefined term "link" should mean).

Example:
mt@nPong:/lib64$ ./libc.so.6
GNU C Library (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.21-0ubuntu4) stable release version 2.21,
by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 4.9.2.
Available extensions:
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0BIND-8.2.3-T5B
libc ABIs: UNIQUE IFUNC
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source= /glibc/+bugs>.



>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 b) You must cause the files modified to carry prom= inent notices
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 stating that you changed the files and the date of= any change.

That's an unfair restriction of fair use considering the "open&quo= t;
mechanics of the distribution original distribution networks as well as
the lack of such notices by the maintainers and distributers themselves
which are not the original authors. Copyright holder is an undefined
term. With substantial changes to the file it even might result in a
copyright notice like the following excerpt from goops.scm

;;;; This software is a derivative work of other copyrighted softwares; the=
;;;; copyright notices of these softwares are placed in the file COPYRIGHTS=
;;;;
;;;; This file is based upon stklos.stk from the STk distribution by
;;;; Erick Gallesio <eg= @unice.fr>.
;;;;


>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 c) You must cause the whole of the work to be lice= nsed at no
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 charge to all third parties under the terms of thi= s License.

That is an impossible restriction of my freedom to trade even into the
domain of my own texts. Trading wars ... don't even try it.


>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 d) If a facility in the modified Library refers to= a function or a
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 table of data to be supplied by an application pro= gram that uses
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 the facility, other than as an argument passed whe= n the facility
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 is invoked, then you must make a good faith effort= to ensure that,
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 in the event an application does not supply such f= unction or
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 table, the facility still operates, and performs w= hatever part of
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 its purpose remains meaningful.
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (For example, a function in a library to compute s= quare roots has
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 a purpose that is entirely well-defined independen= t of the
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 application.=C2=A0 Therefore, Subsection 2d requir= es that any
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 application-supplied function or table used by thi= s function must
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 be optional: if the application does not supply it= , the square
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 root function must still compute square roots.) >
>

There is a license but no licensing agreement because of the original
publication process onto next to zero effort copying networks.
The will of the original authors will be respected but not necessarily
by letters as interpreted by any third party.

Further publication of the derived work onto similar networks is granted by the original license. But there is no "anonymous" or other agr= eement
on these networks especially if the software text is provided free of
charge to the public. Thus third party licensing issue requests will be
ignored, in the best case. Please consider reverting to the original
distribution networks or others.

We do not have be friends and can still get along in life. But if
Justice' robbers and child pirates try they might end up where ...

Viper (Guile/GOOPS) itself is tagged as with a "simplified BSD" o= n
Launchpad which only should reflect my intentions as the original
author. Initial releases of VSI will be recognizable as Guile and carry
the original copyright notices as long as no substantial changes are
made to the respective files.

As an initial change the new directory hierarchy seems to reflect the
directory layout of the original software package before it had become a library. Guile's current source tree can be considered broken or at
least crippled with respected to common expectations about software
package source code directory layout and feasability of modifications.

(VSI (VSI-core VSI-srfi VSI-oop VSI-C) (trash (blurbs (LICENSE ...))) )

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