Share Koha 3.10 for windows with community
paklag (www.paklag.org) has compiled Koha 3.10 for windows version like live CD Just copy on zip file , unzip and run. Is there any copyright issue? Koha for windows' versions upto 2.9 normally user download appache, mysql, perl and koha code from their separate websites. we are ready to share with koha community. Please guide what to do. Best Regards Muhammad Ajmal Khan Secretary General
Ajmal Khan schreef op di 19-11-2013 om 06:39 [+0300]:
paklag (www.paklag.org) has compiled Koha 3.10 for windows version like live CD Just copy on zip file , unzip and run. Is there any copyright issue? Koha for windows' versions upto 2.9 normally user download appache, mysql, perl and koha code from their separate websites.
There is no copyright issue so long as you comply with the GNU GPLv3, which is pretty easy to do. It's worth being aware that Koha on Windows isn't a great idea: * It's more expensive. * It's not a totally free software environment. * Windows isn't a server-class operating system, unless you pay extra for it. * You're going to be stuck running old versions of Koha (3.12 is the current release, 3.14 is coming out soon.) * You're going to miss security updates. * You can't get support from the community because no one runs Windows. * Koha is designed with UNIX- and UNIX-like operating systems in mind, so there will probably be many things that don't work well on Windows. Essentially you're likely to end up with the worst of all worlds by doing this, and run the risk of not being able to upgrade without a lot of extra work. -- Robin Sheat Catalyst IT Ltd. ✆ +64 4 803 2204 GPG: 5FA7 4B49 1E4D CAA4 4C38 8505 77F5 B724 F871 3BDF
Greetings, With the release of 3.14.0 very shortly, I think you may wish to rethink providing 3.10.x to your users. I can’t speak for the community as a whole, but my feeling is that the lack of ease in upgrading and staying current is something we do not want to encourage. Additionally, XP, Vista, Windows 8.1 are not server operating systems. It would be bad to provide a product that is intended for a server environment to run on a less secure, non-server operating system. Of course, curiousity has me wondering: is this running natively in windows, is this cygwin, or perhaps a virtual machine? Natively in windows would be interesting, but the problem is how will they keep it current? Each month, or whenever a security release is done, or even every 6 months when a new major release with enhancements is done, someone is going to have to repackage it all over again. It really is best to teach users how to use a Debian based operating system, so the users can keep current. Just my thoughts on the matter. Grace, Peace, Mercy, and Love, Mark Tompsett
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