Re: [Access-activists] New member with a big project

[John J. Boyer]

Jamal,

BrailleBlaster is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. There should be 
no problem. I am in fact doing Java development at the Gnu/linux command 
line. Eclipse is optional. 

John

On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 10:50:37AM -0400, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
> I wish the best for the BrailleBlaster project.  I am curious, however,
> whether the plan to use Eclipse as a platform will be a problem for GNU
> support.  As far as I can tell, official statements on both the GNU and
> Eclipse web sites say that the GPL (2 or 3) is incompatible with the
> Eclipse Public License:
> 
> Various Licenses and Comments about Them
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html 
> 
> Eclipse Public License (EPL) Frequently Asked Questions
> http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php 
> 
> Can anyone clarify this issue?
> 
> Jamal
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf
> Of Christian Hofstader
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 5:42 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Access-activists] New member with a big project
> 
> It's great to have John here and continuing to work  in  the free
> software community. BrailleBlaster is indeed very exciting and the
> people who make proprietary Braille software are terrified of the Lib
> Louis library that is already out there and forms the foundation for the
> new program and are really shaking over the Java application.
> 
> Do we have a link to which we can point John regarding the vocabulary of
> GNU and why we say, "GNU/Linux" and "free software" instead of "open
> source" and such? I hurt too much to get into retyping any of it.
> 
> cdh
> Welcome to our world John!
> 
> On 08/26/2010 04:30 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> > Some of you know about me and the project I am announcing. The 
> > BrailleBlaster project is written in Java, using SWT. Its braille 
> > engine is liblouisutdml which succeeds liblouisxml and calls liblouis.
> 
> > Here is the announcement.
> >
> > --------------------
> >
> > This is an announcement of an exciting new software development 
> > project that will greatly increase the availability and usability of
> Braille.
> > For full details go to http://code.google.com/p/brailleblaster Since 
> > this is an open source project, you are invited to participate. We 
> > need transcribers and technical writers as well as programmers.
> >
> > BrailleBlaster will be excellent for translating and formatting 
> > braille and inserting tactile graphics and hence release a blast of
> braille.
> >
> > It will be very user-friendly for non-technical users but also 
> > powerful enough for experts.
> >
> > Naive users will be able easily to compose simple documents and then 
> > translate and emboss them in braille or read them on a braille
> display.
> >
> > Advanced users will be able to divide books into multiple braille 
> > volumes, with title pages, tables of contents, and end-notes for each 
> > volume.
> >
> > The BrailleBlaster project should be completed within less than two 
> > years.
> >
> > BrailleBlaster will be fully usable in speech or braille by people who
> 
> > are blind.
> >
> > It will be designed for Windows, MacIntosh, and Linux operating 
> > systems and common screenreaders
> >
> > It will have visual display controls that make it maximally accessible
> 
> > for users with low vision and other visual disabilities.
> >
> > It will be localized into most major languages.
> >
> > BrailleBlaster will be developed under the Apache 2.0 license, which 
> > permits broad use, including use in commercial software.
> >
> > BrailleBlaster's sponsors are ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and 
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc. They will hold the license copyright.
> >
> >    
> 
> --
> Happy Hacking,
> cdh
> 
> Christian Hofstader
> Director of Access Technology
> FSF/Project GNU
> http://www.gnu.org, http://www.fsf.org
> GNU's Not Unix!
> 
> 

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities