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Author Topic: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it  (Read 14640 times)

danielo515

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MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« on: April 22, 2015, 06:32 AM »
Hello,

I used MoveOut for some time, but due to it's limitations I ended up extending its functionality. Some of the things I added are:
  • Comma separated list of values for included files (*.jp?g,*.png,*.gif)
  • Relative path management
  • Fixed some bugs like overwriting not working
  • Added age to the list of rule's option, so you can move files based on last modification time

My plan is to create a forked program from it and release it as open source. But I would need to know MoveOut's license and I need original author agreement.

Thanks.

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Re: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2015, 08:53 AM »
Hopefully skrommel, the author will respond and, ideally, post a little statement about his apps in general.
Could you perhaps draft a short minimal suggested "license" for him, that he could adopt?

Having said that -- skrommel has never expressed anything but approval for people taking his source code and modifying it, and if your intention is to make an open source fork, I cannot fathom a scenario where skrommel would object to that for the MoveOut tool.

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Re: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2015, 01:48 AM »
I'm not an expert on licenses. In fact I started to use them just some weeks ago. I usually use simplified BSD clause 3.

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Re: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2015, 08:34 AM »
Sorry for bumping this, but I'm very interested.

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Re: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2015, 09:36 AM »
^ might be worth sending skrommel a PM
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Re: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2015, 10:14 AM »
^ might be worth sending skrommel a PM


This, as he's the only one that can answer your question.  Bumping isn't going to help in this case.

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Re: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2015, 04:11 AM »
^ might be worth sending skrommel a PM


This, as he's the only one that can answer your question.  Bumping isn't going to help in this case.

Thank you both. This can sound stupid but I did not even thougt about that  :o

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Re: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2015, 02:21 PM »
^ well he's not seen so often here these days, and probably doesnt check this (or any other) board
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Re: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2015, 03:16 PM »
Feel free, danielo515! :)

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Re: MoveOut: License? I want to extend it
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2016, 02:24 PM »
Hello,

I used MoveOut for some time, but due to it's limitations I ended up extending its functionality. Some of the things I added are:
  • Comma separated list of values for included files (*.jp?g,*.png,*.gif)
  • Relative path management
  • Fixed some bugs like overwriting not working
  • Added age to the list of rule's option, so you can move files based on last modification time

My plan is to create a forked program from it and release it as open source. But I would need to know MoveOut's license and I need original author agreement.

Thanks.
Hi danielo515,

A ton of time has elapsed since you posted. Did you end up updating MoveOut? If so, will you be posting a copy for us to play with?

I'm looking forward to see what you've done.

(I'll PM him right after writing this.)