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

[Jamal Mazrui]

Hi John,
I thought you have said that BrailleBlaster would incorporate
functionality of the Eclipse IDE.  To clarify, I was not referring to
what tools are used in developing the application, but whether the
resulting application, itself, uses Eclipse as an editor.  Is that not
what you are planning for a GUI?

Jamal


-----Original Message-----
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Of John J. Boyer
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [Access-activists] New member with a big project

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