Hello
I have a few questions and notes about the DataViews which I would like to
ask and share.
We from SOMAP.org are using DataViews since quite some time and since we
are developing a Swing based application, DataViews really are a time
saver for us. Because of the general focus of the Cayenne project relating
to DataViews, we now decided to take over (or fork) the DataViews.
This was no easy decision for I don't want to anger anybody from the
Cayenne project and on the other hand this means that we will have to make
releases and everything on our own which "distracts" us from our main
application. But IMHO this is the best solution at the moment.
Said that, there are still a few questions open on which I would like to
hear your answers and comments:
- I am no big fan of forks. So if there is some solution in which we do
not fork the DataViews but officially take over the maintenance off-site
or something, I would prefer that. This would also mean we would stay with
the name and don't change it to something else.
- Our SOBF Tool is released under the GPL. I would welcome if we could
change licence for the source code of the DataViews that is already there,
or find some way to dual licence the current version of the DataViews
(Apache Licence and LGPL?). Or perhaps there is another solution. This is
only a question of making our lives easier than of removing anyones
copyright or something.
- We planned to integrate the DataViews into our own project on
SourceForge. But if there are other developers, I think we should start a
new project on SourceForge. But I won't start another project if we from
SOMAP.org are the only ones working on the DataViews. So please raise your
hand if you are interested in helping in the development.
Thats about it. I am looking forward to your answers.
Regards,
Adrian
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