[GRASSLIST:2678] Re: grasslinks for grass5

[Len Coop]

Hi Patty,
As the person who maintains grasslinks at Regis, could you
respond/comment on Bernhard's objections concerning the
usage of GRASSLinks 3.1. Can it in fact (by license) NOT
be used with GRASS 5.0 or any GPL software?

Looking from the other direction, the GPL license of GRASS 5.x
does NOT interfere with using it with non-GPL software,
otherwise we would all be in jail or prison camps or something!

If GRASS were commercial AND GRASSLINKS were incorporated INTO
GRASS then there would be a problem, but neither of those conditions
is true. 

PS GRASSLinks 2.5 source was available last time I checked.
Len

Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> 
> Hi Len,
> 
> just read the license for GRASSLinks 3.1 I could find:
>         http://ippc2.orst.edu/glinks/gl_copyright.html
> 
> It is not Free Software and therefor _not compatible_
> with the license of GRASS.
> You cannot use it with modern GRASS version.
> 
> If we need GRASSLinks 3.1 functionality somebody has to reimplement it.  :(
> 
> | GRASSLinks Copyright Notice and Disclaimer
> |
> | Copyright (c) 1994-98
> | Susan M. Huse and The Regents of the University of California
> | All rights reserved.
> |
> | Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
> | its documentation for educational, research and non-profit purposes,
> | without fee, and without a written agreement is hereby granted,
> | provided that the above copyright notice, this paragraph and the
> | following three paragraphs appear in all copies.
> |
> | Permission to incorporate this software into commercial products may
> | be obtained by contacting the University of California.
> 
> It looks like GRASSLinks 2.5 is under GPL and can be used with
> modern GRASS versions, according to:
> 
> http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grasslinks/copyright.html
> 
> | GRASSLinks Copyright Information
> | Copyright (c) 1994 Susan M. Huse
> | (Based on the GNU General Public License, 2/1989)
> 
> I have not fully compared it to the GNU GPL v2 which would be
> necessary beofre using it with GRASS under GNU GPL.
> Additionally I do not have a copy of the GRASSLinks 2.5 source code.
> So I cannot help Alex.
> 
> Regards,
>         Bernhard
> 
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 10:16:29AM -0800, Len Coop wrote:
> > I have begun some significant improvements to Berkeley/Regis
> > GRASSLinks 3.1 (single perl script), including the new
> > features/abilities listed below. I am planning to continue these
> > improvements for at least a year and am contemplating writing
> > major grants to support the effort. I have not "packaged" the
> > current changes yet but could hopefully get to that fairly soon.
> > Eventually I would like to incorporate the additional features of
> > GRASSLinks 2.5, which remains shell script based, and can be seen at
> > http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grasslinks/
> >
> > The Regis Perl script Glinks 3.1 is better engineered/programed
> > than the many small shell scripts approach, IMO, and find is has
> > great potential for updates (unless you dont like Perl, but I do
> > like Perl).
> >
> > The problem with Glinks 3.1 (
> > http://www.regis.berkeley.edu/glinks/ ), is that installation is
> > rather tricky. Making it easier is a #1 priority. My own
> > in-development GRASSLinks site is at
> > http://ippc2.orst.edu/glinks
> >
> > Regis has not done much with GRASSLinks since 1998 or so and seems
> > to be working more with ARCIMS these days.
> >
> > I am thinking that future GRASSLinks development could be shared
> > via sourceforge.
> 
> > > I'm looking for the source code and documentation for the latest and
> > > greatest grasslinks for grass5, I'd greatly appreciate any direction as to
> > > where I can find this.
> 
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Leonard Coop
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