[Xerte-dev] Re: IP Clearance

Tom Reijnders reijnders at tor.nl
Wed Oct 1 19:49:29 BST 2014


Julian,

I have replaced KCFinder with elFinder, which has a BSD license (not 
checked in yet, have a look on https://server.tor.nl/~tom/editor).

It has too many buttons on the toolbar now, so need to disable those 
before checking this in.

Tom

Julian Tenney schreef op 25-9-2014 12:17:
>
> It will. There will be a release during incubation when we need to 
> have all these ducks in a row. A date is a bit more tenuous -- I'm 
> hoping for Christmas -- but that isn't really that far away. At the 
> very least we should aim to have a testable release by then.
>
> I also think, having engaged with folk here around IP / legal matters, 
> that we aren't going to run into any traffic in that area, which is 
> what I have been most worried about. But I won't count my chickens...
>
> *From:*xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Pat L 
> (pgogy)
> *Sent:* 25 September 2014 11:12
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: IP Clearance
>
> Hope you feel better soon John :)
>
> The WP functionality should be too hard to replicate though?
>
> I assume that the code clearance will tie to a new version / assume 
> there is a target date?
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Smith, John <J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk 
> <mailto:J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Sorry not been very active on here recently... Had my appendix removed 
> on Friday after a few grumbling weeks but on the mend...
>
> Re this code, that whole file is lifted from Wordpress so if we can't 
> include any GPL  then it should be removed. There are numerous hook 
> points throughout the PHP though that will have to be dealt with 
> although it would be good to keep them and just test for the 
> availability of the relevant function...
>
> Although plugins have never really got past the theory stage, one area 
> they have been useful for me has been debugging on a live system - 
> I've always had a bit of an issue that we have to turn development 
> mode on which causes problems on a live system but you can quickly 
> create a plugin which either turns development mode on ONLY for a 
> specific template id(s) or does stuff only on the LOs that you want it 
> to... It can probably be used for a lot of stuff that we haven't 
> thought of yet too, especially when we come to rewrite the workspace...
>
> It would be relatively trivial to rewrite that file as it is just a 
> pub/sub handler...
>
> I'm not that fussed either way though... If its easier to just rip out 
> all the code then feel free...
>
> Regards
>
> John Smith
> Learning Technologist
> School of Health and Life Sciences
>
> Sent from Samsung Galaxy SII
>
>
>
> "Pat L (pgogy)" <xerte at pgogywebstuff.com 
> <mailto:xerte at pgogywebstuff.com>> wrote:
>
>
> I think large parts are copied from WordPress, he mentioned it in an 
> email - so searching the archive would say
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Julian Tenney 
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>>> wrote:
> Did John write the code?
>
> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>> 
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>>] On Behalf Of Pat L 
> (pgogy)
> Sent: 24 September 2014 16:52
>
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: IP Clearance
>
> No, John added it in to duplicate the way WordPress does plugins, 
> WordPress Plugin code completely separate
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl 
> <mailto:reijnders at tor.nl><mailto:reijnders at tor.nl 
> <mailto:reijnders at tor.nl>>> wrote:
> Pat should have the answer to that, and also whther we want to keep on 
> supporting that. I assume it's introduced when he cerated the 
> Wordpress plugin.
>
> Tom
> Julian Tenney schreef op 24-9-2014 15:25:
> I can't find a license in wp_plugins.php?
>
> Did it come from wordpress? Wordpress is itself GPL, so presumably 
> that's what wp_plugins is.
>
> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk><mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>> 
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk 
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of Tom 
> Reijnders
> Sent: 24 September 2014 12:16
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: IP Clearance
>
> And wp_plugins.php
> Julian Tenney schreef op 24-9-2014 12:59:
> Guys,
>
> I have started going through all the folders looking for licensing 
> issues: basically I've got a list of them, and am trying to identify 
> whether each folder is problematic or not.
>
> I'll have further questions, but for now I'm just trying to tick off 
> the easy ones.
>
> Do you know if all the php / js in \website_code was written by us, 
> mostly Pat I guess? Looking through, it all looks OK, just want to be 
> sure here's nothing lurking in there from 3rd parties. It would be a 
> good folder to tick off.
>
> Just for future reference if you're thinking of integrating anything 
> into the software,  and I think you all know this already, but we 
> absolutely have to avoid any GPL / LGPL code. Happily, all the 
> components / frameworks / fonts / etc in \modules are all licensed 
> compatibly.
>
> J
>
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