Comments for Network Management Center
Re: License needs clarification
Interesting, I found this place after searching for PHPbase and Dan Rusanu.
I have found another script that appears to use these libs, yet I can't find the original source or website for it...
I think its because the original site is down...
So, try here: web.archive.org/web/*/...
NMC Request / Help
I've been using your Network Manamgent Cetner software
for quite some time, and I must say that I love it. Fast,
simple, and efficient! What more could you ask for, right?
Well I do have a request/question:
I would like to remove all users accounts — therefore
eliminating the need to log-in. In turn, I would also like the
"Users", "My account", and "Logout" tab removed.
Is this possible? Could you do this for me, and/or let me
know how to do this myself?
Any support would be greatly appreciated.
mailing-list.us -- can't log in
your program seems to be just what I'm looking for. I installed it, for testing purposes, on a Linux box on my home network, and all seems well. However, when I installed it at my web host, I can't get past the initial "admin login screen" I entered admin and test but the same screen pops back up. If I look at the db with phpmyadmin I can see the "Site Admin" user IS admin and password IS test. Are there any permissions that must be set on specific directory/files?
Re: License needs clarification
Q: Is there any reason you removed the author's contact information from the mail.php and database.php files?
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info at web-tool dot org: No, I usually have a staff person go through and remove all extra non-critical comments, and lines to try to squeeze the file size down. That is probably all it was... I'll revisit it. Thanks.
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Since the library mail is not used in this program, why is it even here? That is if you are trying to reduce size, why only reduce the extra comments when they pertain to copyright? You should think into reducing the number of unused copyrighted libraries you distrobute with the seftware.
BS comments were the way I found the original authors in the first place... evidently none had been removed as I did a text comparison to verify the copies... 99% exact... just a few comments missing... you know ones like who the author was and what his email is... oh and were to find more documentation.
Don't get me wrong. The author has gone through some effort in putting the tools together... I just take offense at the extra things done... those that lack credit to the original authors of some really great looking code.
Re: License needs clarification
"GPL would give you the protection you
seek, or at least guarantee that if
someone wanted to sell it commercially,
they would have to make all their
changes available as well."
What is interesting is that acording to the libraries the author has used (mail.php is copyrighted by Leo West 2001 and released GPL - lwest.free.fr/doc/php/..., the database.php code is copyrighted by kv9 [Dan Rusanu ] PHPbase 0.0.1 - unsure of the licensing though) it would look like if all of the libs are GPL'd - this code and all other projects using these libraries are to be GPL'd. - I hope this author will place all of the comments and ownerships back into his program as they have all be removed. I am certain that the original authors would like others to know that they put forth the effort to code these libraries.
Re: License needs clarification
> I need to take the time and look through
> the licesnce models and pick one, but I
> haven't had the time to really
> understand them yet. :(
>
> So until then I just put a "simple"
> license out there. Feel free to use and
> change as much as you need. I just want
> to prevent someone from making it
> commercial and selling it...thats all.
> Thanks for the comment.
As long as your eventual pick is one of the free licenses, you should find a *lot* of interest in this program. The GPL would give you the protection you seek, or at least guarantee that if someone wanted to sell it commercially, they would have to make all their changes available as well.
Like many things, this is almost what I'm looking for. I am willing to make the needed additions as long as I am pretty sure you won't "yank the rug from under me" later on.
Are you willing to accept changes and enhancements? Where would I send them? Have you considered putting this project up on SourceForge?
Re: License needs clarification
I need to take the time and look through the licesnce models and pick one, but I haven't had the time to really understand them yet. :(
So until then I just put a "simple" license out there. Feel free to use and change as much as you need. I just want to prevent someone from making it commercial and selling it...thats all. Thanks for the comment.
> The website and code say "this
> software (network-management-center.com)
> is 100% free and may be used free of
> charge. you may not redistribute or sell
> this software."
>
> What about modifying it for internal use
> ? Do you want changes contributed back?
> What exactly does "100% free"
> mean to the developer? Obviously not the
> same as what most people would consider
> to be free, if redistribution is not
> allowed.
>
> There seems to be no way to contact the
> developer about this, and his other
> projects suffer from the same ambiguity.
> It's a pity because the UI is really
> nice and the code looks even better. I'd
> love to help out with enhancing this
> S/W, but I have no idea how to start.
License needs clarification
The website and code say "this software (network-management-center.com) is 100% free and may be used free of charge. you may not redistribute or sell this software."
What about modifying it for internal use ? Do you want changes contributed back? What exactly does "100% free" mean to the developer? Obviously not the same as what most people would consider to be free, if redistribution is not allowed.
There seems to be no way to contact the developer about this, and his other projects suffer from the same ambiguity. It's a pity because the UI is really nice and the code looks even better. I'd love to help out with enhancing this S/W, but I have no idea how to start.
Re: License needs clarification
> yet I can't find the
> original source or website for it...
Well funny thing is you can download any of WT or WA's projects and nab the near original code. (oh so neatly cleaned of ownership) Then just search for a couple of comments that look original. I ran into several .ru forums with original copies of PHPbase by Dan Rusanu.
-kj