#OSGEO IRC Log - 2009-06-24

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07:08:17 ticheler: Useful: http://getfirebug.com/lite.html
07:08:18 sigq: Title: Firebug Lite ( at getfirebug.com )
07:10:19 crschmidt: Not nearly so much as it would seem; most browsers ( apart from IE ) have better built in tools, and Firebug lite is almost always insufficient for really dbugging IE
07:10:28 crschmidt: ( Sadly )
07:10:45 crschmidt: but it might be good enough for simple js unrelated to mapping
07:12:10 ticheler: hi crschmidt . Thanks for that
07:12:45 ticheler: One of our developers is happy with it, but we definitely do not all the comlex JS that OL does
07:12:55 : * crschmidt nods
07:13:07 crschmidt: I tend to forget that there is javascript that isnt' openlayers when I make sweeping statements : )
07:13:28 ticheler: what about the CSS side of things?
07:13:34 crschmidt: visual Studio actually works really well for debugging IE JS but obviously costs money.
07:13:46 crschmidt: Not sure what kind of CS side of things you mean.
07:14:28 crschmidt: 2CSS*
07:14:30 ticheler: layout using divs for instance that have CSS associated
08:47:45 seven: crschmidt: Is there any news on approving Clear BSD by the OSI?
08:48:03 seven: Or are the changes cosidered small enough to not bother?
08:48:13 seven: For example as in http://openlayers.org/pipermail/dev/2007-October/001589.html
08:48:14 sigq: Title: [OpenLayers-Dev] RFC: Changing the License on OpenLayers ( at openlayers.org )
08:49:17 : * seven cannot quite follow all the arguments wrt to patent claims.
08:50:06 seven: Mapbender is about to add a Dual Licensing scheme with GNU GPL and BSD. Wondering whether we should go for Clear BSD instead.
08:52:02 crschmidt: seven: If you do not have any patents, or if you intend any patents that you have to be implicitly licensed with your software, then the clear bsd isn't worth it.
08:52:31 crschmidt: The FSF has stated that the Clear BSD is a Free Software License on its licenses page; that was good enough for us, since OSI is less about "is it open source" and more about "is this license a good idea"
08:52:41 crschmidt: So the decisions are social instead of technical/legal.
08:54:35 seven: OK. I thought that this might also encourage third parties to contribute if they carry around patents.
08:54:44 : * seven does not have any, does not want any and could not care less
08:55:30 crschmidt: In general, I've not yet encountered any third partieswho held patents they were concerned about ( other than MC )
08:55:42 seven: Ack
08:55:44 crschmidt: and MC is only worried from a theoretical standpoint, not because we actually have anything patented in OL
08:56:27 seven: Thanks.
08:56:32 crschmidt: np.