Re: [mdt.dev] Fwd: MoDisco Model Browser Icons usage

[Oliver Libutzki <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Hugo,

thanks for asking the Eclipse IP Team.

I just have published my tools under the EPL and I added a notice that I used icons of the MoDisco project.

Kind regards
Oliver

Am 29.11.13 21:30, schrieb Hugo Brunelière:

Hello Oliver,

Please find below the answer from Sharon Corbett as part of the Eclipse IP Team.

Does it provide an answer to your question?

Let us know if we need to take a deeper look to this too.

Best regards,

Hugo

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sharon Corbett <sharon.corbett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: [mdt.dev] MoDisco Model Browser Icons usage
To: Hugo Brunelière <hugo.bruneliere@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: MDT developers <mdt.dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, emo-ip-team@xxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Hugo:

Thank you for checking in with us.

 

Eclipse is free and open source software that is distributed royalty-free under the terms of the Eclipse Software User Agreement [1].

 

If Oliver is going to distribute Eclipse code, he should read our Guidelines [2] and our EPL FAQ [3]. They both contain a great deal of useful information.

 

Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.

 

[1] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl/notice.php

[2] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/guidetolegaldoc.php

[3] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php

 

Thanks,
Sharon

Sharon Corbett

Eclipse Foundation Inc.

 

 

From: Hugo Brunelière [mailto:hugo.bruneliere@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: November-29-13 10:32 AM
To: MDT developers; emo-ip-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [mdt.dev] MoDisco Model Browser Icons usage

 

The situation is indeed a bit confusing, I would say I do agree with Tom.

However, I would prefer to have an actual confirmation from the Eclipse IP Team: what is your opinion on this particular problem?

Thanks in advance.

 

Hugo

 

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Tom Morris <tfmorris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I don't speak for MoDisco, but my interpretation is different.  The component is licensed under the EPL, so to reuse or redistribute all or part of it, you need comply with that license, which basically says that you need to use an EPL compatible license.  It does not, however, include any attribution requirements, other than that implied by preserving copyright notices as required.

 

The license is pretty short and straightforward.  The best thing to do is read it yourself to understand what's required:

http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html

 

Tom

 

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Ed Willink <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi

Your code presumably provides some kind of license page identifying what license you impose.

You must impose a license otherwise people who like your code and want to re-use it will have to keep asking you if they can. Many companies that like your code will be unable to do so while it has no definitive license. If you want your code to be free, EPL is pretty good.

So on your license page where you say that your code is EPL and consequently all copies must copy your license page, you just identify that certain icons came from Modisco. Look at the about.html in many Eclipse plugins and the license features. Example about.html attached.

    Regards

        Ed Willink

On 29/11/2013 13:10, Oliver Libutzki wrote:

Hello everyone,

currently I develop an outline view which visualizes the semantic model
of Xtext based Ecore models.

I really like the MoDisco model browser and would like to reuse some of
the icons (especially for references). Do I have to respect any special
copyrights or licenses?

My code is hosted at GitHub: https://github.com/OLibutzki/xtext.tools

Of course the code and the tool itself is available for free.

Thanks for your answer.

Kind regards
Oliver
_______________________________________________
mdt.dev mailing list
mdt.dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/mdt.dev

-----
No virus found in this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3629/6876 - Release Date: 11/28/13

_______________________________________________
mdt.dev mailing list
mdt.dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/mdt.dev

 

_______________________________________________
mdt.dev mailing list
mdt.dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/mdt.dev

 

--

Hugo BRUNELIERE  R&D Engineer  AtlanMod Team  +33 (0)2 51 85 82 21 Ecole des Mines de Nantes  4 rue Alfred Kastler 44307 Nantes Cedex 3 - FRANCE

 

--

Hugo BRUNELIERE  R&D Engineer  AtlanMod Team  +33 (0)2 51 85 82 21 Ecole des Mines de Nantes  4 rue Alfred Kastler 44307 Nantes Cedex 3 - FRANCE

_______________________________________________
mdt.dev mailing list
mdt.dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/mdt.dev