Re: FW: Who are your sponsor?

I agree... this could be great.

-shawn

Christian Cryder wrote:

> I don't think this made it through to the list night (we seem to have had
> server problems again), so Alfred sent this directly to me and I'm
> forwarding it on. I've already responded to him that we are definitely
> interested and will keep everyone posted as more information becomes
> available.
> 
> This could be very good news for Barracuda, XMLC, as well as Enhydra...
> 
> Christian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Madl Alfred
> Sent: Mittwoch, 17. September 2003 09:50
> To: '[email protected]'
> Subject: AW: [Barracuda] Who are your sponsor?
> 
> Hi !
> 
> Just want to mention the we (Together Teamlösungen) are currently
> negotiating with the company formerly named "Lutris" the transfer / sale of
> the copyrights/trademarks/etc. of source codes/documentation/etc. of all
> Enhydra projects. If we succeed in those negotiations we will donate that to
> Objectweb (a truely open source minded consortium). This would also be a
> solution to be able to change licenses from EPL to LGPL.
> 
> Since Barracuda is now a more or less independent project but still is
> sticking to the EPL, I wanted to ask if there is any interest to do the same
> thing for Barracuda. Would mean: Copyright of the original Lutris sources
> would be transfered to Objectweb and the license could be changed (with
> agreement from your community) to LGPL. Barracuda would be another Objectweb
> "sponsored" project.
> 
> Greetings.
> 
> Alfred Madl
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Christian Cryder [mailto:[email protected]]
> Bereitgestellt: Dienstag, 16. September 2003 21:11
> Bereitgestellt in: Barracuda
> Unterhaltung: [Barracuda] Who are your sponsor?
> Betreff: RE: [Barracuda] Who are your sponsor?
> 
> 
> Hi Kanji,
> 
> At this point we don't really have a sponsor - at least not an official
> one! - but we have lot's of folks/employers who contribute
> directly/indirectly by providing development resources to continue improving
> Barracuda...
> 
> Lutris - these are the people who made Barracuda possible in the first place
> by believing in open source and giving me a job where I got paid to lay a
> lot of the Barracuda ground work. Although Lutris is pretty much a thing of
> the past now, their rule as initial sponsor can't be overlooked.
> 
> Internet Exposure - these folks provide us with free hosting! Kudos and
> thanks a plenty to them...
> 
> Plus a whole bunch of individuals stepped up to the plate and donated their
> own hard earned cash to help buy the BarracudaMVC server - you can view the
> list of contributors here:
> http://www.visi.com/~hoju/barracuda/donations.html
> 
> And like I said before, there are literally hundreds of companies and
> individuals using Barracuda, and that makes a big impact in terms of
> continuing to support and enhance it. We probably don't say it often enough,
> but I know all of us committers definitely appreciate the feedback and
> support from you the community!
> 
> Cheers,
> Christian
> ----------------------------------------------
> Christian Cryder
> Internet Architect, ATMReports.com
> Project Chair, BarracudaMVC - http://barracudamvc.org
> ----------------------------------------------
> "Coffee? I could quit anytime, just not today"
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [email protected]
>>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Kanji NIWA
>>Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 10:53 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: [Barracuda] Who are your sponsor?
>>
>>
>>Hi!
>>
>>By the way ,
>>Who are your sponsor?
>>
>>|
>>|
>>|Thanks,
>>Best regards,
>>K.NIWA.
>>NEC Soft, Ltd.---------------------------
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