[Verse-dev] http://www.uni-verse.org/ expired 07/13/2011

[Jiri Hnidek]

Hi All,
changing licence from BSD to GPL (verse server) and LGPL (verse library)
is on my TODO list. I'm not expert in licenses and I don't know if it's
so easy and if it is possible at all. Verse2 contains little code from
original verse: two files; v_unpack.c and v_pack.c for coding and
encoding data to/from the buffer. May be, I need approval to change
licence from all contributors to these files.

So, Eskil and Emil, are you OK with this? :-)

BTW: IMHO BSD license is less strict for developers than GPL and LGPL.
You can fork it and sell this fork without need to give forked source
code back to the community. On the other side, it's not advantage for
the community. ;-)

Best Regards,

Jiri

Peter Finn píše v Po 08. 08. 2011 v 06:58 -0400:
> Hi Jiri
> 
> I really like what your doing to move verse protocol forward and adding TCP / WebSocket support is a great idea as I fully agree verse would be ideal when using a WebGl / WebCL client.  I would like to request you reconsider your decision to change to a GPL license.  If you want verse to be successful you will need software application developers support so they can inbed the protocol directly into their proprietory applications without the use of a plugin. Users may also want to extend the protocol to provide additional functionality specific to their application  The current licence provides that freedom and flexibility.  
> 
> Nink
> 
> On 2011-08-08, at 4:29 AM, Jiri Hnidek <jiri.hnidek at tul.cz> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > first fo all I would like to thanks Ton for renewing the domain. I agree
> > with with Nathans plans for this domain. Nathan proposed moving domain
> > to his server, but the domain could be in the future hosted at server at
> > our university too. I could create some virtualized server for this
> > purpose.
> > 
> > BTW: What do I do with Verse2 and what are my future plans with Verse2?
> > You can see progress here:
> > http://dev.nti.tul.cz/trac/verse2/timeline
> > And my TODO list here:
> > http://dev.nti.tul.cz/trac/verse2/report/1
> > 
> > Briefly:
> > * I want to finish implementation of new Verse2 specification in few
> > months.
> > * I would like to try to create RFC document for Verse2 specification.
> > * I want to extend specification and allow communication using TCP and
> > WebSocket. It would be cool and useful for WebGL application. :-)
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > 
> > Jiri