| Re: [iot-pmc] Fork mcpp project |
Hi Jens,
The project is BSD-licensed, I think that's compatible right? What about
the dedicated repo, is that ok too?
Cheers,
Jeroen
On 2018-11-08 16:39, Jens Reimann wrote:
> My pick on that would be, yes you can bring in mcpp into cyclonedds.
> The same way you bring in other project code. This requires a
> compatible license, and IP check, as for normal project code.
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 3:18 PM Jeroen Koekkoek <jeroen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> This subject has already been brought up in a different thread, but we
>> (cyclonedds project) would very much like to fork the mcpp project
>> (http://mcpp.sourceforge.net/).
>>
>> mcpp is a portable c/c++ preprocessor.
>>
>> While mcpp is merely a (future) dependency of our product, the
>> original
>> author of the project isn't very active anymore. This information is
>> based on a short email conversation I've had with him and the activity
>> on the SourceForge project page
>> (https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcpp/). As mcpp is feature complete,
>> not getting new features is not an issue, but we do need builds for
>> newer platforms working and get some basic fixes in from time to time.
>> I
>> would prefer to send this back upstream, but it won't get in (no
>> replies
>> on discussions for a long time and no bugfixes or commits).
>>
>> I think that forking the mcpp project and doing basic maintenance etc
>> is
>> best done as part of the cyclonedds project. Maybe we can name the
>> project cyclonedds-mcpp or something to indicate it's meant just for
>> the
>> cyclonedds project?
>>
>> Please advise on how to proceed.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jeroen Koekkoek
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