On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Steve Lloyd wrote:
> The GridPP Open Source Policy is "It is intended that all software developed
> by GridPP be Open Source." -
Is GRIDPP not supporting the RAL based developers then?
> it doesn't say anything about the use of (non)
> Open Source. I don't know what the LCG policy is.
This needs to be clarified...for example the current dcache webpage
talks about it only being available for non-commercial use (its very
vague)...if this became part of our infrastructure it could potentially
restrict what was run on our hardware.
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> A.J.Martin wrote:
>> In this case at a minimum the licence stated in the RPM should be
>> changed...and the proper licence conditions stated. (If this not done
>> anyone distributing the rpm is potentially breaking copyright laws).
>>
>> I would like it clarified exactly what GridPP's policy now wrt
>> Open Source?...the policy has clearly changed!
>>
>>
>> Related to this, from a practical point of view...does anyone know what
>> has happened to the promise to distribute source RPMS?
>>
>>
>> Alex
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>> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Gordon, JC (John) wrote:
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>>> DESY are working towards an open source licence for dCache. This is
>>> still with their lawyers, and has been for a long time. Meanwhile RAL
>>> has been given access to the source. The GridPP Storage people at RAL
>>> have the task of supporting dCache for GridPP so they should be able to
>>> use the source to fix problems and give you new releases (ie it is of
>>> use to the rest of you). Whether they are geared up to building a
>>> release for a different operating system I cannot say. I suspct all
>>> their time is taken just now helping SC3 sites get it working.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes
>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kostas Georgiou
>>>> Sent: 22 June 2005 23:28
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: d-cache software license?
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 08:37:39PM +0100, Alex Martin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know if the license has changed? Or what has happened?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From discussions in the recent SysMan meeting the license is
>>>> not Open Source
>>>> and it's unlikely that it will change. Some GridPP (or RAL?) people
>>>> have access to the source code through, not that this is any
>>>> help to the rest
>>>> of us :(
>>>>
>>>>> I understood it was GridPP policy to only develop and use
>>>>
>>>> Open Source s/w. Is
>>>>
>>>>> hope this is still the case?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Apparently this isn't the case anymore :(
>>>>
>>>> Kostas
>>>>
>>>
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