Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] calendar programs for Linux

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>Is Evolution GPL'd?  Open source?  I looked on the Ximian web pages, and
>searched them via Google, but I didn't find the licensing info!
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http://developer.ximian.com/projects/evolution/copyright.html

I believe in's GPL, although it may be licensed in other ways also. It's 
included in Debian (as non non-free) so it should be okay.

>I have been using the calendar to store appointments and to e-mail
>reminders to me.  Nothing too fancy.  I want to sync my palm device with
>the calendar.
>
>It looks like Evolution will do what I need, and more.  We also have
>something here called MeetingMaker that will run on Linux and it does many
>of the same things.  Our department has adopted it and I could get into
>using it, but it isn't open source:
>
>http://www.meetingmaker.com/
>
>MeetingMaker's client program runs on many OSs, so it is good for our
>large group of users.
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>
Never heard of it. Other than Evolution there are various web based 
calendar programs you could use that are opensource and viewable from 
any web browser.

>I'm definitely going to check out Evolution.
>  
>
It seems okay. It doesn't seem to support bayesian filters or I'd 
consider switching my email from Thunderbird to it. Overall it seems a 
good program though.
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