Summary of what I do know: KHTML is GPL, while Mozilla is
MPL/LGPL/GPL tri-licensed; this means that I can't copy code from
KHTML to Mozilla (while copying in reverse is perfectly fine). But the
question is what the GPL covers. Is it the ideas (algorithms,
approaches, etc)? Or the specific presentation of those ideas in
source code form? The latter would mean that recoding the same
algorithms in a different language is not a GPL violation, for
example....
Actually, KHTML is LGPL, but other than that, you're right. Safari
can take code from Mozilla and license it under the LGPL, but Mozilla
cannot take code from KHTML.
I find it really strange that Mozilla's tri-license has created
this situation. On the one hand, it encourages people to build
applications using Mozilla code under the GPL, LGPL, or MPL, but at
the same time it makes it impossible for anyone to really give the
code back to Mozilla itself if that code doesn't use the MPL.
Safari already contains Gecko code. In particular the doctype
sniffing code now exactly matches Mozilla, and the new inline box
model actually has the same "Almost Standards" mode that Gecko does
(although the new box model code is entirely unique).
The layer system in Safari (for dealing with positioning and
clipping) is inspired by Gecko's view system (greatly simpified). You
can even see Mozilla contributors in the Safari acknowledgments if you
go looking for them.
Finally, Safari uses the NSPR arena code from Gecko and supports
the same kind of recycling arena allocation on its RenderObjects (and
many of the temporary objects they create).
Watch for more liberal borrowing of code, especially code that I
wrote originally for Gecko (like the aforementioned arena code). I
will eventually be implementing the rule tree in KHTML that I
implemented in Gecko for reducing style footprint and speeding up
style resolution (with a few extra goodies/cool capabilities that
don't exist in Gecko's rule tree).
Anyway, I think an exchange of ideas is healthy, and I don't think
you should be afraid to look at the Safari source code, Boris. In the
end each engine benefits from examining the architecture of the
other.
Updates to Licensing06/07/2004 02:00 PM We wanted to give you an update since it's been about three weeks
since Movable Type 3.0 Developer Edition was...
Licensing stuff
Licensing stuff06/28/2004 06:35 AM Joi explains the "free for commercial use" license from Creative
Commons and helpfully compares the licenses used by Wikipedia and
Wikitravel. (Joho's Creative Commons license, as noted at the bottom
of this page, does not allow commercial use of its contents without
permission. Like that ever happens.)...
Licensing and Fair Use08/23/2004 10:05 AM The conventional economic objection to copyright and other IP
propertization is that it limits access and by doing so causes a
misallocation of resources: making and distributing another copy of
some piece of software might cost nothing (well, virtually nothing),
and yet if the copyright owner charges a price of...
Fair Use and Licensing08/23/2004 10:05 AM "Fair use" is a doctrine of copyright law (with counterparts in patent
and trademark law as well) that allows a degree of unauthorized
copying of copyrighted works. Shocking! Squatters' rights! Can a
teenager take my car for a joy ride and when he's caught plead "fair
use"--that I wasn't using...
Two on MySQL AB Licensing, Business03/06/2004 02:00 AM eWeek reports that MySQL AB intends to modify its open-source database
license, while Wired has a more comprehensive look at the company and
its products' impact on the database arena.
Seeing double in software licensing.09/07/2004 10:11 PM CNet: Seeing double in software licensing. I don't
care about this stuff since I don't buy or sell enterprise software,
but this debate seems to have no basis in reality. Chips are
arbitrary; cores are not. The Sun/AMD/HP/Intel argument is
transparently self-serving; why should software cost a different
amount if you take the exact same logic and put it on fewer pieces of
silicon?
Seeing double in software licensing
Seeing double in software licensing09/07/2004 02:26 PM New dual-core processors will make conventional software licensing
models obsolete. What's next?
Dell interested in licensing Mac OS X06/17/2005 05:53 PM Dell CEO Michael Dell has said he is interested in licensing Apple's
Mac OS X, according to Fortune.
"If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to
offer it to our customers," Michael Dell wrote in an email to
Fortune's David Kirkpatrick.
Dell's interest in the possibility of Apple licensing its operating
system to PC companies is the first time any PC industry executive has
openly shown enthusiasm for selling computers with Apple's software.
"If you look through the new MT Licenses, you may end up on the
bottom of the Education Pricing, where you will find:
'Are you a librarian seeking to run Movable Type at your branch? We
can work with you to create a custom proposal for your local or
regional library system based on your needs and budget. Simply contact
us to let us know how you wish to use Movable Type within your
library.'
I wrote up a description of what we are doing with the software to
see what sort of pricing information is available. I have yet to go
through all the open-source alternatives, but I haven’t found one
yet that leaped out as me as exactly what I want to move to. MT offers
some flexibility that I just haven’t found anywhere else. And if
the offer is reasonable, I won’t hesitate to go to our Director
and make a case.
But if it isn’t, I won’t hesitate to settle on an
alternative. I will write later about what is ultimately
decided." [LibraryPlanet.com]
When the dust settles around here (we're concentrating all our
energies on our merger with the Chicago Multitype Library System on
July 1), I think I'll write up SLS' current setup for member MT blogs
just to see what Six Apart comes back with. However, I'm not hopeful
since money is very tight at Illinois Library Systems these days, so
even a fairly small fee most likely won't help us. I'll be interested
to see what alternatives other libraries use.
Licensing and Pricing Updates
Licensing and Pricing Updates06/16/2004 02:02 AM Based on the feedback we've received from the Movable Type community
we've updated our pricing and licensing. You can learn...
CourseForum, ProjectForum add new licensing, more
CourseForum, ProjectForum add new licensing, more04/19/2004 01:37 PM CourseForum Technologies announced on Monday that CourseForum and
ProjectForum have been updated to version 3.5. The new editions of
their collaboration tools for education and business use,
respectively, feature new licensing options as well as several bug
fixes and minor feature changes.
GNU GPL and LGPL Licensing Quiz
GNU GPL and LGPL Licensing Quiz08/18/2002 12:39 PM I took the GNU GPL and LGPL Licensing Quiz and only got 4 out of 9
correct. I don't know if this quiz is such a great idea, after doing
so poorly on the test and reading my mis-interpretations of the
licenses I'm pretty leary of using the GPL or LGPL for any project
-- Joe Gregorio. Link from Sam
Ruby
"tri" I now prefer releasing open source using a BSD-style
license because it has no political agenda. PHP uses such a
license.
"zeldman.hwo"
Microsoft to respond to EC over licensing
Microsoft to respond to EC over licensing04/04/2005 10:44 AM Microsoft is due to respond this week to the European Commission's
demand that it come up with more acceptable licensing terms for its
workgroup server protocols or face a possible noncompliance fine of $5
million a day.
MS to detail protocol licensing changes01/22/2004 11:36 AM Microsoft Corp. on Friday plans to announce changes to a licensing
program for software communications protocols it created as part of
its landmark antitrust settlement with the U.S. government, the
company said Wednesday. The changes include a much shorter license
agreement and removing royalties it currently charges for about two
dozen protocols, Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said. Microsoft will
also modify the evaluation program, making it easier for prospective
licensees to review samples of the technical documentation, he said.
avecho releases ThreatCENSOR for licensing05/31/2004 02:13 PM avecho announces the release of licences for ThreatCENSOR, avecho’s
positive security technology that provides 98% protection from all
viruses, Trojans, worms and exploits. When run alongside GlassWALL,
avecho’s zero-day anti-virus technology, the two products combine to
offer 100% per cent protection. [PRWEB Apr 16, 2004]
Other News: Beatles Licensing Talk06/09/2004 10:31 AM The Beatles may license their music on the Internet, but, as they're
suing Apple Computer, iTunes seems an unlikely outlet. Grok Description matches for Licensing Fun GrokA matches for Licensing Fun
News: Adobe initiates Activation for all Creative Suite 2 products
News: Adobe initiates Activation for all Creative Suite 2 products04/03/2005 11:48 PM With the release of Creative Suite 2 (CS2) on Monday, Adobe Systems
Inc. will also introduce activation for its entire CS2 product line.
Activation is a process the customer must complete sometime during the
first 30 days of use in order to verify that the product is using a
valid serial number. Adobe says they are not changing the way they do
business, rather enforcing the terms of the license agreement, which
says the product can be installed on only two machines.
Symantec confirms activation problem on Norton AntiVirus 2004
The Great Product Activation Massacre10/29/2003 10:19 AM One of the worst recent offenders is Macromedia, with a scheme so
absurdly irritating that I have to speak up. By Gene Steinberg (Mac
Night Owl via MyAppleMenu)
Symantec Facing Problems With Product Activation10/30/2003 11:46 PM At least Intuit realized what a waste of time and money it was to put
product activation technology into their software. Once they realized
the pointlessness of it, they issued a very
public apology on the matter. Unfortunately, other companies
aren't quite so enlightened. Symantec is having all sorts of trouble with their product
activation technology, that is preventing many legitimate users
from using the software they paid good money for. Symantec is now
saying that they're working on it, but can't figure out what the
problem is, and can't suggest a date when they'll offer a fix. Here's
a simple solution: follow Intuit's lead and ditch the activation
technology altogether. The simple fact is that the software is still
getting pirated. You see offers for it all the time - and it only
takes a hacker a little while to figure it out. So, the only people
this is really impacting are the legitimate users of your
product - and you're making their lives worse. Most of these people
are going to go to a competitor, and will be quite vocal about why
they would never purchase anything else from Symantec. Thus, it does
nothing to solve the problem, angers your customers, and drives people
to competitors. How does this make sense?
Product activation glitch hits Symantec10/30/2003 08:16 PM A few of the 1.2 million customers that have installed the software
company's latest Norton security package complain that product
activation is failing.
Symantec product activation causing headaches
Symantec product activation causing headaches10/31/2003 05:14 PM The problem affects Norton AntiVirus 2004, the latest version of
Symantec's desktop antivirus program, and has not yet been resolved.
Symantec issues patch to fix product activation problems
Sniptools °| Tips/Tricks | Reinstall Windows XP without product activation
Sniptools °| Tips/Tricks | Reinstall Windows XP without product activation01/22/2004 02:11 AM http://sniptools.com/vault/reinstall-windows-xp-without-product-activa
tion.htm
Isn't it galling that we need to contact Microsoft for "permission" if
we choose to reinstall a product that we already legally own and use,
and have "stamped" so before?! Well, no worries, there is a trick for
getting around product activation for Windows XP when reinstalling.
If you have successfully activated the OS already, and if you are
reinstalling it on the existing hardware,...
Adobe working to convert PageMaker users to InDesign
Adobe working to convert PageMaker users to InDesign01/19/2004 03:57 AM By Dennis Sellers - Adobe's decision to phase out its venerable
PageMaker layout application to concentrate on InDesign wasn't made
lightly, Senior Product Manager J...
A close examination of how Adobe went about integrating activation
into CS2 suggests that privacy and convenience concerns were very much
on the company's mind. By Philip Michaels, Macworld
Look out Quark, here comes Adobe InDesign CS204/04/2005 02:25 AM Adobe announced today the latest version of its layout and design
program, Adobe InDesign CS2. This new version improves the
speed and efficiency of designers in a variety of workflows from
text-intensive book, magazine, and newspaper production to high-end
XML-based cross-media workflows. Designers can increase productivity
and create more consistent designs by saving graphic, text, and
frame-level attributes as Object Styles, which are easy to apply and
globally update. Exporting objects with the new InDesign snippets
features enables users to easily share or repurpose live InDesign
content and layouts from part of a page.
Editors' Notes: Activation Agitation04/08/2005 03:38 PM Fretting over the activation features added to Adobe Creative Suite 2?
You really shouldn’t be.
PHP-Accelerator Removes Activation Key Requirement08/05/2002 10:44 PM PHP-Accelerator, the fastest free opcode cache for PHP has now removed
the activation key requirement. Formerly the activation key was a
hassle. The fact that Yahoo is using PHP-Accelerator is recommendation
enough!
"zeldman.bujo"
Keep your activation status intact when reinstalling XP
From the TechRepublic Windows XP Tips newsletter. “Have you
ever wanted to reformat the hard disk and reinstall Windows XP on a
system but you didn’t want to mess around with Microsoft’s
Product Activation after the reinstall? Fortunately, you don’t
have to. As long as you aren’t making any hardware alterations,
you can back up the activation status files before you reformat the
hard drive and then restore them after you reinstall the operating
system….
News: Adobe talks: InDesign
News: Adobe talks: InDesign06/22/2005 02:33 AM Adobe InDesign marks its five-year anniversary with the release of the
latest version included with Creative Suite 2. While InDesign is
already the product of choice for many companies and designers, Adobe
isn’t resting on its laurels.
Macworld review: Adobe InDesign CS
Macworld review: Adobe InDesign CS01/22/2004 02:13 AM InDesign CS is a subtle yet very powerful update to Adobe's publishing
flagship. The previous version, InDesign 2.0, introduced most of the
key features that made the young program a publishing powerhouse: the
word-processor–like table editor, the Photoshop-level transparency
features, and highly sophisticated typographic control. This version
brings enhancements to many of these features, and it has several
sensational new ones, such as nested styles and a much more efficient
console for accessing text and object attributes. Although InDesign's
interface is still somewhat complex, this is a more capable and more
functional InDesign; in due time, this program will easily claim the
publishing crown.
Licensing Fun
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