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Re: FAST C++ open-source contribution
Rolf Andersson / Pantor Engineering
19 Mar 2008 11:25AM ET I'll check with the webmaster and revert asap.
/Rolf
> Rolf, thanks for the response.
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> It sounds that the license is not an issue, and it sounds that LGPL
> might be the most appropriate. What would you recommend in terms of
> software distribution (assuming that we make tar containing source and
> necessary make instructions)?
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> Thanks again, Dimitry
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> > Dimitry,
> >
> > I appreciate your willingness to help the community.
> >
> > The license we used on the original contributions were based on the
> > W3C license, which gives users a lot of freedom not to share.
> >
> > The GPL restricts the way your code can be used, LGPL is somewhat less
> > restrictive but still requires source code for the library (including
> > any changes) to be offered whenever the library is re-distributed.
> >
> > That said, I think you should use the license that you and your
> > organisation are comfortable with.
> >
> > Thank you for contributing, Rolf
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Morgan Stanley has developed lightweight C++ implementation that
> > > supports most of the encoding/decoding features of FAST protocol.
> > > The implementation also supports loading FAST configuration from an
> > > XML file.
> > >
> > > We would like to contribute this C++ code as an open-source
> > > contribution under the terms of public GPL license - so that any
> > > subsequent changes would have to be made in the source code form
> > > (not just binary extension). GPL is the requirement for a number of
> > > reasons, not only from our own code perspective but also because
> > > other opensource libraries (such as libxml) come under GPL and may
> > > be incompatible with license(s) that allow changes without releasing
> > > the actual source code.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to make a contribution under GPL license (as I
> > > described above), or is the FPL license required for any such a
> > > contribution?
> > >
> > > Thanks very much, Dimitry
Re: FAST C++ open-source contribution
Rolf Andersson / Pantor Engineering 19 Mar 2008 11:25AM ET
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