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RE: [spaces-dev] SVN or CVS?
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Hi,
I think the Spaces project should support both CVS and SVN via an API,
Then provide support for CVS as there are no IP issues. Meanwhile, someone
else than Eclipse can distribute the SVN plugin for spaces.
On a parallel track (somehow) make sure the IP issues are cleared up
regarding SVN and Eclipse.
Regards
- henrik
-----Original Message-----
From: spaces-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:spaces-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Thomas Hallgren
Sent: lördag 4 augusti 2007 01:19
To: Developer discussions for the Spaces project
Subject: Re: [spaces-dev] SVN or CVS?
Hi Bjorn,
While were on the subject. I have a related question on the IP/licensing
topic.
CVS is developed and released under GPL. The Eclipse CVS client is
clean-room and of course EPL. Yet it implements a GPL'ed protocol and
can only function together with a GPL'ed server installation.
SVN on the other hand, is Apache/BSD style license. The
svnClientAdapter, and the JavaHL CLI, is also Apache/BSD. The Subclipse
and Subversive clients are both EPL. The only part I know has a GPL'ish
license is the optional SVNKit.
From a laymans perspective, it really looks like SVN whould have the
upper hand :-). I know that Subclipse revoked their submission since
they could not make it pass the Eclipse IP barrier for some reason. I
still haven't understood what that reason was. Obviously it must have a
more apparent GPL dependency then the one from the CVS client. What is
it that blocks Subversive?
- thomas
Bjorn Freeman-Benson wrote:
> Given that the Subversive project is the official Eclipse subversion
> interface and that the Subversive project makes use of some GPL code,
> which is a no-no, the Subversive project is currently held up in the
> Eclipse IP review. I suggest that we switch to working with CVS until
> the Subversive legal issues are resolved. Specifically, since the next
> thing we are working on is "Share...", we should Share to a CVS server
> for now.
>
> Thoughts?
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