Re: ImageJ + SourceForge

Posted by Steve Milner-2 on Oct 11, 2005; 10:53pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-SourceForge-tp3704686p3704700.html

The GNU license is not a requirement for SourceForge projects. They accept public domain as an acceptable license. It would in no way change any licensening or ownership of the code. It would just provide CVS, mirrors for downloading, etc..
 
Steve

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From: ImageJ Interest Group on behalf of Robert Dougherty
Sent: Tue 10/11/2005 5:32 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: ImageJ + SourceForge



I agree that Wayne's oversight is essential.  I use ImageJ as a development
platform for aeroacoustics research applications.  I could not accept the
Gnu license that I believe would come along as baggage with SourceForge.
This license, if I understand it correctly, would make it effectively
impossible to sell products derived from the software.   When I studied this
recently, I found the BSD open source license to much more acceptable, and
chose apply it to the plugins that I make available to others, either for
free or commercially.

Bob

Robert P. Dougherty, Ph.D.
President, OptiNav, Inc.
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
www.optinav.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Abramoff-Michael
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:50 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: ImageJ + SourceForge
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> Everyone is always free to contribute source code to ImageJ, I do. In my
> opinion ImageJ is a tool for the biomedical imaging community. ImageJ is
> not about development, nor a tool for developers.
> I think the overseeing by Wayne Rasband, who has been doing this for a
> very long time, is essential.
> Moving it to sourceforge or similar would probably emphasize new tools but
> de-emphasize documentation, manuals, user community etc.
>
> My opinion only.
>
>
> Michael Abramoff
>
> Michael D. Abràmoff, MD, PhD
> Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology / Assistant Professor of
> Electrical and Computer Engineering
> Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
> University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, PFP 11290C
> 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City, IA 52242
> USA
>
> Tel: [phone]. Secretary Diane Stephenson: [phone].
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Steve Milner
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:39 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: ImageJ + SourceForge
>
> Good Day List,
>
> I was wondering if there has ever been any talk about moving the
> development of ImageJ to SourceForge.net? Two things that seem to be
> missing in the ImageJ project are CVS and the ability to attract other
> developers to lend a hand. SourceForge helps solve both of these problems.
> The website, mailing list, etc.. could remain at NIH.Gov, while
> development of the application would point to SF CVS. It would also remove
> the bandwidth stress from NIG.Gov and put it on the list of mirrors at SF.
>
> If nothing else, will there ever be source control inplace so that others
> can follow development and even submit back patches and improvements?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Milner