[Gvsig_english] gvSIG eclipse plugin

[Simone Casciaroli]

:)
Yeah, it's possible to misunderstand me purpose. My purpose is to
said, an eclipse plugin of gvsig development with commercial license
is not so important to became a problem and I raise: if someone it's
interested we can create an OpenSource alternative...

On 6/20/07, Francesc <fb.ricart at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Simone,
>
>
>
> Without intention to offend you, it seems to be you who made the plugin...
> :-) just kidding...
>
> Is only my thought, that is right to use open source products to win money,
> but not in any way. I can see a little shade between selling services, even
> as a programmer, and making products to sell over an open source product.
> Another thing I can see is the deliberate opacity using a mail address like
> " gvplugin.support at gmail.com". Don't know... who needs to hide from anything
> if there's nothing to hide from? It smells funny, sincerely...
>
> Is only an opinion, I don't want to be an offence.
>
>
> Cheers pals.
>
> Francesc
>
>
> 2007/6/20, Simone Casciaroli <simone.casciaroli at gmail.com>:
> > But we don't speak about a plugin of gvSig, a real improvement to
> > gvSIG functionality,  for example a porting of all ArcMap
> > functionality on gvSIG, we are spoking about a development plugin.
> > Sometimes I think we are spiking about theory of OpenSource, but
> > without relation to the "importance of the problem".
> > I am the first that about OpenSource spoke in an academic way but more
> > often it's not so good to be detached from reality
> > Regards.
> >
> >
> > On 6/20/07, michael gould <gould at lsi.uji.es> wrote:
> > > Yes, as others have already stated, making money is not the problem.
> This is
> > > a good thing! If developers do not make money then the whole free
> software
> > > movement will have been a failure.
> > >
> > > The major difference is between:
> > >
> > > 1) locking the code and making money on selling "keys" to unlock it
> > > 2) opening the code and making money on other activities, such as
> > > customization (selling programming instead of keys)
> > >
> > > If we think of the growth of a free software project as a network (like
> > > streets), then locking a part of the code is like creating a dead-end
> > > (callejón sin salida)...which seriously limits the connectivity, growth
> and
> > > value of the network.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > -------
> > > Michael Gould
> > > Centro de Visualización Interactiva   www.cevi.uji.es
> > > Dept. Information Systems (LSI), Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellón,
> Spain
> > > email: gould (at) lsi.uji.es  //  email2: mgould (at) opengeospatial.org
> > > research group   www.geoinfo.uji.es  //  personal  www.mgould.com
> > > AGILE www.agile-online.org
> > > Vespucci Summer Institute www.vespucci.org
> > > Erasmus Mundus: Master in Geospatial Technologies www.mastergeotech.info
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: gvsig_internacional-bounces at runas.cap.gva.es
> > > [mailto:gvsig_internacional-bounces at runas.cap.gva.es]
> On Behalf Of Antonio
> > > Falciano
> > > Sent: miércoles, 20 de junio de 2007 10:00
> > > To: Users and Developers mailing list
> > > Subject: Re: [Gvsig_english] gvSIG eclipse plugin
> > >
> > > michael gould wrote:
> > > > Breaking the free software chain (and also hiding behind anonymous
> > > > mailers and webs) is not in the spirit of the gvSIG project.  There
> are
> > > > other ways of trying to make money.
> > >
> > > I can agree with you about the first point, but an Eclipse plugin
> > > doesn't mean to develop gvSIG and violate the terms of GPL license.
> > > Everyone is free to develop tools in other frameworks and make
> > > profits from his work.
> > >
> > > Regard,
> > > Antonio Falciano
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