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[Savannah-register-public] Re: [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker
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Eric S. Raymond |
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[Savannah-register-public] Re: [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker |
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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:11:03 -0400 |
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Nicodemo Alvaro <address@hidden>:
> While Open Source, as defined by its founders, means something pretty close
> to Free Software, it's frequently misunderstood.
Er. I *am* one of the founders. You didn't have to tell mee that. :-)
> Would you be willing to speak about free software on Savannah and not open
> source?
What is your standard for this? I don't believe I use either term in the
project materials. Let me check...I just grepped, and I don't. What would
I need to do to satisfy this requirement?
> 2) In order to release your project properly and unambiguously under the
> Modified BSD License, please place copyright notices and
> permission-to-copy statements at the beginning of every copyrightable file,
> usually any file more than 10 lines long.
You would be correct if I were applying GPL; the legal theory under
which it was constructed (propagation via a copyright hook) makes
attaching an instance to every item of copyrighted material prudent.
This is not the case with BSD or other licenses which depend on a
different way of satisfying the meeting-of-minds test, and for them that
practice is overkill.
To protect my code, I deem it sufficient to have a COPYING file which
is included by reference. I know what the GPL FAQ says, but you should
not inappropriately generalize that advice to other licenses.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
- [Savannah-register-public] [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker, Eric S. Raymond, 2009/10/15
- [Savannah-register-public] [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker, Nicodemo Alvaro, 2009/10/22
- [Savannah-register-public] Re: [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker,
Eric S. Raymond <=
- [Savannah-register-public] [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker, Nicodemo Alvaro, 2009/10/22
- [Savannah-register-public] Re: [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker, Eric S. Raymond, 2009/10/22
- [Savannah-register-public] [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker, Nicodemo Alvaro, 2009/10/23
- [Savannah-register-public] Re: [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker, Eric S. Raymond, 2009/10/23
- [Savannah-register-public] [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker, Nicodemo Alvaro, 2009/10/31
- [Savannah-register-public] Re: [task #9791] Submission of ForgePlucker, Eric S. Raymond, 2009/10/31