[okfn-discuss] Permission request (license)

Sun Nov 3 11:11:36 UTC 2013

I am very pleased to hear you are using bibserver.

I was the Principal Investigator of the Open Bibliography project (funded
by JISC) and am also on the Advisory Board of OKFN. I am not actually sure
who is the owner as opposed to the authors I think I am an appropriate
person to give these rights and grant them to you.

P.

On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 10:35 AM, François Boulogne <fboulogne at sciunto.org>wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I'm developing a library which is based on a small part of one of your
> project: https://github.com/okfn/bibserver
> Your project is released under AGPLv3, which makes sense for your purpose.
>
> The code I picked up from your project is the bibtexparser written in
> this file:
>
> https://github.com/okfn/bibserver/blob/master/parserscrapers_plugins/bibtex.py
> A bibtex parser is something missing in python, so I started a project
> there https://github.com/sciunto/python-bibtexparser  (released under
> AGPL). However, this license is not the best choice for a library like
> this.
>
>
> My request is to give me the permission to re-use (only) this file
> (
> https://github.com/okfn/bibserver/blob/master/parserscrapers_plugins/bibtex.py
> )
> with a LGPL (or if it's possible for you, BSD) license.
> Mark MaxGillivray, the main contributor, kindly gave me is permission
> (see below), but because OKFN  holds the rights, I ask you the
> permission too.
>
> By LGPL, I mean: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html
> By BSD, I mean http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
>
> Thank you for your consideration.
> Regards.
> François Boulogne.
>
> PS: I already sent this request at info at okfn.org but I never got an
> answer, so I try here.
>
>
>
>
> Mark's answer:
>
> Le 10/10/2013 10:42, Mark MacGillivray a écrit :
> > Hello Francois,
> >
> > I am not currently working with the OKFN, however at least as far as
> > my involvement with the bibserver project goes, I give you permission.
> > As Etienne points out though, it is the OKFN that hold the rights, so
> > you may want to make an attempt to check with them too.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
>
> My original request:
>
> > I'm maintaining a standalone bibtex parser library
> > (https://github.com/sciunto/python-bibtexparser) which comes from one of
> > your project (bibserver, https://github.com/okfn/bibserver).
> >
> > Your project is under the AGPLv3 license and I
> > was wondering if you can give me the permission to switch my library
> > under LGPL (or eventually BSD) since it is much more suitable for this
> > project and users.
> >
> > Thank you very much for your consideration.
> > Kind regards,
>
>
>
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> François Boulogne.
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