Comments on: Step after step…

By: martin

martin — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:44:47 +0000

I managed to get some time to start setting up my Windows development machine again. During this I took some time to look through what has to be done in order to be able to opensource the code… and found something I completely forgot about: the artwork (i.e. the icons).

We use a commercial icon library and I am not sure that we may use the icons in open-source… I will try to find out who I may contact about this.

Sorry once again, guys

By: armando

armando — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:48:17 +0000

Thanks for your answer. Yes… money definitely helps…

By: martin

martin — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:02:25 +0000

Hi guys,

sorry for the delay. The problem is that at the moment we are fully covered in work (need to earn a living :)). The idea is still there and it will definitely happen, I/we just need more time. Sorry

Best regards,
Martin

By: armando

armando — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:22:11 +0000

I agree!

Dear Martin, what’s up with the open sourcing… Any news ?

Thanks for all your hard work.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:11:29 +0000

Any news? tag2find is amazing, and I want to see it continue. I use it to organise my massive PDF collection of academic journal articles for my phd, I don’t know how else I could manage them as well as tag2find does. A bit of development (full text searching in PDFs, or even searching filenames, would be fabulous) and it would be compulsory for academics!

By: Prem

Prem — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:45:50 +0000

In your previous post you mentioned
“Some libraries (especially some Microsoft libraries) prohibits to be released as part of GPL-licensed code,…”

Found this great summary on Licenses :
http://www.codeproject.com/info/Licenses.aspx

Seems Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) would be a good option as it does not have restrictions of GPL.

Here is the snippet, with detilas at the given link.
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The Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)
Used by Microsoft. Compiled derived code can be distributed, for both commercial and non-commercial use. If the source code is to be redistributed then a complete copy of this license must be included in the redistribution.

Provides copyright protection: True
Can be used in commercial applications: True
Bug fixes / extensions must be released to the public domain: False
Provides an explicit patent license: True
Can be used in closed source applications: True
Is a viral licence: False
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Hope this helps…
Prem

By: robotmarvin

robotmarvin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:05:04 +0000

hi martin,
i have been struggling to find my way in and out tag2find for a couple of days. this was what i was looking for for a long time. thanks for your work. great job. i would definitely pay if this were sold. bravo!

By: martin

martin — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:43:32 +0000

Hi guys, thanks for your supporting words It really helps.

Best regards,
Martin

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:15:10 +0000

I agree with armando’s suggestion. There are loads of people working on open source programs and some of them will have experience transitioning from closed to open as you are trying to do now. Try submitting a question to Slashdot or posting in the forums at Sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/community/forum/). Somebody, somewhere is bound to be able to help you out.

Best of luck!

By: armando

armando — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:40:31 +0000

Hi martin,
There are many useful community on the web, as you know. If you’re looking for some help, you could always try to see if you could get some in one of the numerous existing forums. One forum I love is donationcoder.com. Maybe some people there could orient you towards some interesting solutions ? Just a thought.
I wish you all the best!