SignText license opinions

[Rodrigo Ferreira Bagni]

Hi Steve,
I think it is a great idea and it would be of big value for the spread of
SignWriting.

Something that I can assure you is that, probably, signtext is the only WEB
editor for sign language available today. There are some other ones but
those are desktop applications.
I have searched all the WEB and I would be surprise if there was another WEB
editor like signtext.

So if people, like me  :-), could use it to spread the idea about
signwrinting or sign language itself, it would be great.


Regarding the licenses, what do you already know about them? I mean, do you
know what you want with those licenses or do you want to know what they can
offer to you?

For instance, if you use GPL people will not be allowed to use SignText in
proprietary softwares, only on free softwares (there many other licenses
that are called GPL compatible, those are free softwares). And they will be
obliged to provide the modified code too.
Do you know that?

So, I think the first point is tell what you know or what you want or what
you do not know about the licenses themselves so we could give an opinion.

Of course, all that besides what you already mentioned in your e-mail.
Because based on your e-mail I would suggest GPL.
Something I wonder, why have you chosen GPLv2 and not GPLv3?


On Nov 5, 2007 6:22 PM, Steve Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> Several people have recently approached me about releasing the SignText
> source code under an open license so that they can modify it and include
> it in other applications.  I think it's an interesting idea.
>
> SignText has proven to be effective for writing and editing.  I'm
> working on a new SignText that will be more powerful, but the basic
> ideas are the same.
>
> I think it would be a great idea if other applications copied the
> SignText ideas.  What better place to start than the original SignText.
> It could be integrated into Wikipedia, Omniwiki or any other online tool.
>
> If someone knew how to use SignText, they could use SignWriting online
> with all of these tools without learning a new writing technique.
>
> I'm not sure what license would be best for the SignText code.  I'm
> thinking either GPL v2 or BSD.  Any opinions?
>
> This would need to be a coordinated release with the ISWA (IMWA
> successor) under the Open Font License.  We also would need an open
> standard for SignText markup language.  The current SWML-S is usable but
> cluttered and incomplete.  We'd need a STML v1 for straight
> SignWriting.  And a STML v2 for color, size and the inclusion of
> Unicode, graphics and linking.
>
> The biggest negative would be the time required to get this ready which
> would take time away from my current SignPuddle development.
>
> However, the biggest positive would be we might see SignWriting start to
> pop up all over the web.
>
> Thoughts, opinions?
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
>
>
>
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Rodrigo Ferreira Bagni
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