Re: [Vala] Web framework in Vala

[Evan Nemerson <evan coeus-group com>]

On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 07:57 +0300, Antono Vasiljev wrote:
> On 12/08/2011 07:30 AM, Evan Nemerson wrote:
>
> > > > It   would   be   great   if   someone   write   vapi   for   CTPP2  (
> > > > http://ctpp.havoc.ru/en/  )  template parser. It's more "clean" and is
> > > > very   fast   indeed, with precompile, includes, etc..   (that   will
> > >   allow   using templates   compiled  in
> > > > php, perl, python, etc).
> > > Looks cool. However it written in C++ and not used glib. Not sure how
> > > vala deals with such stuff.
> >
> > Not using glib isn't really an issue, but C++ is.
>
> I supposed so.
>
> > > I currently working on vala bindings for ctpl[1]. Ctpl uses glib and
> > > also cashes token tree in memory. Not sure about speed but it will be
> > > easier to reuse from vala.
> >
> > CTPL looks interesting, but it is GPLv3+, which is going to be a
> > deal-breaker for a *lot* of software.
>
> AFAIK GPL restrictions is irrelevant in server side context. GPL not
> forces You to share unless you distribute your program. AGPL do if I
> understand correctly.
>
> However GPL3 restrictions may become true for embedded devices...

It would be a problem for pretty much any reusable software, not just
embedded devices. Shopping carts, CMS, CRM, blogs, photo galleries,
project management, wikis, issue trackers, forums, etc.


-Evan