Re: [Savannah-hackers] Re: Velosurf Java dependency

[Nic Ferrier]

(thanks for this Mathieu)


Mathieu Roy <address@hidden> writes:

> http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/savannah-hackers/2002-April/007508.html 
>  
> /**************** 
>  
> Claude Brisson <address@hidden> described the package as follows: 
> License: gpl 
> Other License: Package: Velosurf 
> System name: velosurf 
> This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project 
>  
> Velosurf is a - thin but powerfull - database abstraction layer tool  
> for the Jakarta Velocity template engine, written in Java. 
>  
> It provides to writters of templates access to entities and attributes  
> of their database model and content. 
>  
> Goals are : 
>   - ease of use 
>   - intuitive syntax 
>   - performances 
>  
> Standard usage for a web site make use of the VelosurfServlet and  
> allows to access a database from Velocity templates without writting a  
> single line of Java. 
>  
> Sample template code : 
>  
> ---------------------------------------- 
> ## \"Out of the box\" usage 
>   Workers : 
> #foreach ($worker in $db.worker) 
>      Name : $worker.firstname $worker.lastname 
>          position : $db.position.fetch([$worker.position_id]).name 
>          boss : $db.worker.fetch([$worker.boss_id]).lastname 
> #end 
>   ## when defining foreign keys in the .def file as follow : 
> ##    worker.boss = worker(boss_id) 
> ##    worker.position = position(position_id) 
> ## or directly in the template as follow : 
> #set ($db.worker.boss = \"worker(boss_id)\") #set ($db.worker.position  
> = \"position(position_id)\") ## the preceding example can be rewritten  
> as : 
>   Workers : 
> #foreach ($worker in $db.worker) 
>      Name : $worker.firstname $worker.lastname 
>          position : $worker.position.name 
>          boss : $worker.boss.lastname 
> #end 
> ---------------------------------------- 
>  
>  
> It already exists and you can download the latest distribution at  
> http://aragorn.surfwizu.com/claude/velosurf-0.2.tgz 
>  
> Thanx ! 

Ok. So Velosurf requires Velocity? Veolcity is licenced under the
Apache licence, I don't think that is compatible with the GPL (am I
right? Loic?)

I have never tested velocity with Paperclips or any GNU java project
(though I know Jon quite well!).


Nic Ferrier