| RE: [dsdp-pmc] TM "works with" or "pre-req" dependency on RXTX (LGPL) |
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/me is not a lawyer nor plays one on
TV....
Can the serial connectivity features be activated using any
other products, or just RXTX?
Given that most of the features of component are
operational without the third-party software, my opinion is that this
falls under "works with".
-E
From: dsdp-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dsdp-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gaff, Doug Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:46 AM To: DSDP PMC list Subject: RE: [dsdp-pmc] TM "works with" or "pre-req" dependency on RXTX (LGPL) I’m
obviously very familiar with this since we’ve been using this in our commercial
product for a while. I
think “works-with” is the correct designation for this. Doug
Gaff From:
dsdp-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dsdp-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Oberhuber, Martin Dear
PMC, The TM Project has
been including a plugin for its Terminal Widget, which allows
to drive serial line text-mode connections in the
Terminal. We've been coding
against the external RXTX library [1] for this, which is under a
slightly modified LGPL license, but are not shipping RXTX ourselves.
Consequently, downloaders need to download RXTX from external source
in order to get serial line access, although they can use the Terminal
with other protocols if they don't have RXTX. I've just become
aware of the Eclipse
Guidelines for the Review of Third Party Dependencies
[2], which are effective
June 21, 2007 and which require us to
announce this dependency by means of a CQ even if we don't ship the
external library ourselves. See also [3] for the entire
IP process, which
mentions the 3rd party guideline in its last-but-on
step. As per the
guidelines, I'm required to first discuss with the PMC
whether our dependency
acutally is of "pre-req" or
"works-with" type. I'm
starting this process with
this E-Mail. Our Terminal provides other connection
types as well (Telnet and SSH), which do not
require RXTX. So, the Serial/RXTX
connection is optional; but, for
the Serial connection to actually work,
RXTX is
required. Given the definition
in [2], I'd think that our contribution is "works-with" but I'm
not sure. We could, of course,
also request clarification of the policy from the EMO for the likely
much-happening case where some "connectors" or "bridges" are
offered by Eclipse.org software, and one of them requires the 3rd
party dependency -- An option (a) (iii) seems to be missing, where
multiple options exist not all of which are 3rd
party and where the
functionality (provided protocol) is slightly
different. Anyways, I wanted to
ask you folks first. What do you
think? Cheers, -- Martin Oberhuber,
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind
River Target
Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm |