IRC log for #fredlug on 20090805

01:19.41*** join/#fredlug aliddell (n=acliddel@pool-71-114-21-249.washdc.dsl-w.verizon.net)
01:20.24aliddellAnybody home?
01:40.55jsmithaliddell: I'm here...
01:41.58aliddellGuess you don't do much talking around here?
01:46.18jsmithWell, sometimes we do, sometimes we don't...
01:46.25jsmith... usually more during the day than in the evenings
01:46.39jsmithSeveral of the usual suspects are absent as of late
01:47.39aliddellHmm. Any unofficial meetings?
01:55.48jsmithI don't know about unofficial meetings... we have plenty of official ones, though
01:56.01jsmith(I'm not sure what you mean by unofficial meetings)
02:13.36aliddell(Oh, I mean times when it's most active here.)
02:14.45jsmithGotcha...
02:14.54jsmithIt just depends on when people are around
02:15.04jsmithI've been on the road this week teaching classes, so I haven't been in IRC much
02:15.17jsmithI know stickster has been super busy, and plarsen hasn't been on IRC much this week either
02:15.30aliddellAh, okay.
02:16.05aliddellSee, I just got XChat a few days ago. Last time I was on IRC I used mIRC and that was maybe 2000.
02:16.18aliddellI was starting to think IRC had been abandoned.
02:16.51aliddellYou guys don't have your own newsgroup, do you?
02:16.54aliddellBy the way.
02:17.05jsmithNot a newsgroup... but a mailing list, yes...
02:17.13jsmith(and a google group)
02:17.46aliddellYeah, I'm on the Google group.
02:17.56sticksteris kind of around
02:18.27aliddellI came in to a Sat. morning meeting once, a long time ago.
02:18.38aliddellNovember, maybe, or December.
02:18.59aliddellI brought a desktop in and tried to install Fedora.
03:51.54aliddellWelp, see you later.
15:09.45*** join/#fredlug aliddell (n=acliddel@pool-71-114-21-249.washdc.dsl-w.verizon.net)
23:07.56*** join/#fredlug nmcbride (n=nmcbride@c-71-62-139-41.hsd1.va.comcast.net)
23:08.14nmcbridestickster: Hey I got a question.
23:08.29sticksternmcbride: shoot
23:08.44nmcbridek, about to release version 2 of my program nombcrypt
23:09.00nmcbridelicensed under MIT
23:09.29nmcbrideso was working on integrating a python binding module to wrap cryptsetup
23:09.39nmcbrideso I can handle encrypted containers in a better way
23:09.46nmcbrideso while search what did I come accross?
23:09.55nmcbridepython-cryptsetup in the fedora 11 repo...
23:09.58sticksterYup
23:10.02nmcbrideok
23:10.03nmcbrideso
23:10.12nmcbridei extracted the rpm
23:10.42nmcbrideand found that it is just a python package with helper functions and then a .so file which I assume is a c program?
23:11.19sticksterShared object file, a library of compiled C functions.
23:11.30nmcbrideI have to learn how to make those lol
23:11.37nmcbrideso i couldn't find any docs on how to use it
23:11.40nmcbrideso i did a
23:11.44nmcbride"strings cryptsetup.so"
23:12.03nmcbrideand basically got a print out of enough detail to clue me in on how to use it.
23:12.38sticksterDid you try installing the source RPM?
23:13.41nmcbridei extracted it
23:13.48nmcbridethis was at work on a non-rpm based distro
23:13.52sticksterAh.
23:13.56nmcbridegotta code when i get free time ;)
23:14.08sticksterYou can extract the tarball and the C source is in there.
23:14.22nmcbridethere wasn't a tarbell in the rpm
23:14.28sticksterIn the src.rpm there is.
23:14.29nmcbridejust that python module and .so file
23:14.32nmcbrideoh right
23:14.33nmcbrideok
23:14.35nmcbrideso other question
23:14.42nmcbridesince i saw no other dependencies
23:14.54nmcbridei was just going to pack it into my app and add it to the path
23:14.57nmcbridebut my app is mit
23:15.05nmcbridethat python module is gpl2
23:15.09nmcbrideand not sure what that .so is?
23:15.14nmcbrideso not sure if i can do that?
23:17.21sticksterHave you read the licensing stuff at fsf.org concerning these issues?
23:19.41sticksterhttp://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfLibraryIsGPL
23:21.42sticksterhttp://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
23:21.52sticksternmcbride: ^^
23:22.34sticksterLooks like you're OK because the so-called "MIT license" (make sure it matches "Expat License" or "X11 License" on the compatibility list) is GPL-compatible
23:23.36nmcbrideoh nice :D
23:23.46nmcbridewill I be looked down on for reusing those?
23:23.50sticksternmcbride: You'll need to check the license text to make sure it agrees with those
23:25.51nmcbrideya, gotcha
23:25.59nmcbridewhat about the reusing other's code aspect?
23:27.05nmcbridehmm the license im using is really short...
23:27.08nmcbridehttp://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
23:29.11nmcbrideoh lol the text is exactly like the Expat license...

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