I'm currently hacking[1] on more complete issue-tracker integration into
TSVN (search the mailing list for details). This uses COM, with
TortoiseProc as the interface consumer, and specific implementations of
the interface for different issue-tracking systems. This meets a
specific need we have where I work, where we'd like to integrate TSVN
with TargetProcess. We'll be creating[2] an implementation of this
interface that talks to TargetProcess's web service API.
Assuming that Stefan accepts this work into the TSVN core (and I hope he
does; it's quite cool, and I don't fancy maintaining a set of patches
for it), this raises a licensing issue:
* TortoiseSVN is licensed under the GPL. According to my interpretation
of the GPL FAQ (specifically
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLAndPlugins), any non-trivial
plugins for a GPL-licensed program must be GPL-compatible.
This doesn't give my company a specific problem, because we don't have
to release this provider outside our company.
However, if we want to allow closed-source 3rd party providers, we'd
have to put an exclusion in specifically for this case, no?
Thoughts?
Regards,
Roger.
[1] I'll have some patches ready in the next couple of days -- real work
keeps interrupting.
[2] but probably not releasing publicly -- the TargetProcess folks can
cobble one together if they fancy, though.
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Received on 2008-04-27 18:05:34 CEST