[conduit] Re: [kronolith] New module and mailing list for Palm PDA syncing with Horde

[Marcus I. Ryan]

Please keep discussions on the list.

I have to admit I haven't read the license in detail, but I'm not aware
of such problems.  Any lawyers, etc., here who can answer this?  Of
course, this is currently under the BSD license, so it may not be an
issue regardless.

Quoting Jonathan Moore <moorejon at usd465.com>:

> I have a question on licensing on this conduit? I thought MS put a
> clause
> into .Net that stops developers from releasing code under the GPL. Is
> this
> going to be an issue down the road?
> 
> --
> Jonathan Moore
> Director of Technology
> Winfield Public Schools
> Office 620.221.5100
> Fax 620.221.0508
> 
> 
> Quoting "Marcus I. Ryan" <marcus at riboflavin.net>:
> 
> > The primary purpose of this email is to let people know that there
> is
> > now a mailing list devoted to discussion of a Horde Conduit for
> Palm
> > HotSync: conduit at lists.horde.org.  From now on, please keep all
> > discussion of the conduit on this list.  You may ask questions,
> etc.,
> > but keep in mind we are VERY early in the development stage.
> >
> > There will be no binaries created of the code until development is
> much
> > further.  However, if you have Visual Basic .NET, a CVS-HEAD
> version of
> > Horde, and all other prerequisites mentioned in the docs/INSTALL
> file,
> > you may assist in development with patches, comments, etc.  The
> module
> > is HordeConnect:
> >
> > http://cvs.horde.org/cvs.php/HordeConduit?login=2
> >
> > As for status, here is the commit message:
> >
> >   Initial import of the Palm HotSync conduit for Horde into CVS.
> >   This supports setting up your Horde connection preferences and
> >   having Horde overwrite the handheld for Calendar, Notes, and
> Tasks.
> >   It does not yet support the address book, nor any other form of
> sync
> >   (except, of course, 'Do Nothing').
> >
> >   There is still a lot of work that needs to be done to clean up
> and
> >   improve the *Conduit.vb class files so they are more generalized.
> >
> >   This should get people started. Make sure you have Microsoft
> >   Visual Basic .NET installed (at the minimum) and all
> prerequisites
> >   (see docs/INSTALL and ThirdParty/)
> >
> >   If someone wanted to write an installer, that would be great as
> well.
> >
> > So development is alive and progressing.  Please keep discussion on
> the
> > lists, and PLEASE read all documentation before asking for help. 
> There
> > is no due date, expected release date, etc.; it's just far to early
> to
> > know any better answer than "months" and to note it will require
> Horde
> > HEAD being released, so not before that happens.
> >
> > --
> > Marcus I. Ryan, marcus at riboflavin.net
> >
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