V-rep on Fedora - Introduction

[Jogender Kvs]

Hi,

I would like to write the following article:

Summary: Getting started with V-rep Robotic Simulator in Fedora
Description: This article aims at giving the reader an overview of how to
get started with V-rep Simulator on Fedora.
> > The step-to-step guide to installing V-rep. 
I plan to write a second article following this that would explain about
its features,
dependencies, etc and working with V-rep using any language on fedora
> > Features, and dependencies of V-rep
> > Working with V-rep 
I have drafted my idea here[1]. Please review the same.

[1] https://wp.me/p3XX0v-59g

Thanking you,
Jogender Kota

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 10:54:36PM +0530, Jogender Kvs wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I would like to write the following article:
>  
>  Summary: Getting started with V-rep Robotic Simulator in Fedora
>  Description: This article aims at giving the reader an overview of how to
>  get started with V-rep Simulator on Fedora.
>  >> The step-to-step guide to installing V-rep.
>  
>  I plan to write a second article following this that would explain about
>  its features,
>  dependencies, etc and working with V-rep using any language on fedora
>  >> Features, and dependencies of V-rep
>  >> Working with V-rep
>  
>  I have drafted my idea here[1]. Please review the same.
>  
>  [1] https://wp.me/p3XX0v-59g 
Hi Jogender,

The Magazine editors met about your article idea today.  We understand
that V-rep binaries are under a restrictive license that might affect
some readers.  Are there free software solutions for the same kinds of
robotic simulation?  Would those make sense to cover?


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[Jogender Kvs]

Dear,
I have dropped a revised pitch regarding the license of the application.
Could you please check and let me know about any further changes.

Cheers
Jogender

On Jan 10, 2018 7:16 PM, "Paul W. Frields" <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 10:54:36PM +0530, Jogender Kvs wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I would like to write the following article:
>  >
>  > Summary: Getting started with V-rep Robotic Simulator in Fedora
>  > Description: This article aims at giving the reader an overview of how to
>  > get started with V-rep Simulator on Fedora.
>  > >> The step-to-step guide to installing V-rep.
>  >
>  > I plan to write a second article following this that would explain about
>  > its features,
>  > dependencies, etc and working with V-rep using any language on fedora
>  > >> Features, and dependencies of V-rep
>  > >> Working with V-rep
>  >
>  > I have drafted my idea here[1]. Please review the same.
>  >
>  > [1] https://wp.me/p3XX0v-59g
>
>  Hi Jogender,
>
>  The Magazine editors met about your article idea today.  We understand
>  that V-rep binaries are under a restrictive license that might affect
>  some readers.  Are there free software solutions for the same kinds of
>  robotic simulation?  Would those make sense to cover?
>
>
>  --
>  Paul W. Frields                                http://paul.frields.org/
>    gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233  5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717
>    http://redhat.com/   -  -  -  -   http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/
>      The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com
>

[Jogender Kvs]

Dear,
I have explained the license of V-Rep in my blog seperately as :
 V-REP binaries comes with 2 types of licensing : Commercial and
Educational.
http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/licensing.html

While Commercial license is albeit a closed binary, Educational license is
completely free.
please see to it and let me know for any further changes.
Cheers
Jogender

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 12:36:07PM +0530, Jogender Kvs wrote:
>  Dear,
>  I have explained the license of V-Rep in my blog seperately as :
>   V-REP binaries comes with 2 types of licensing : Commercial and
>  Educational.
>  http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/licensing.html
>  
>  While Commercial license is albeit a closed binary, Educational license is
>  completely free.
>  please see to it and let me know for any further changes. 
Jogender, here are some changes the article needs:

* The licensing diagram isn't needed.  Further, it's not a freely
  licensed graphic so it's not suitable to copy and paste it into an
  article elsewhere.  Simply explain the licensing situation in words.
  While I think it would be preferable to cover truly free/libre
  software that fills this space, that's not a blocker to covering
  V-Rep.

* The article doesn't walk the user through any basic usage or a
  typical experimental setup.  It needs that to be more readable,
  understandable, and useful.  Screenshots and menu descriptions
  aren't enough by themselves.

* When you walk through a typical setup, also describe the hardware
  you're using.  A photo or two of the results might be nice as well.

-- 
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