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[Savannah-hackers] Re: Tarballs for GNUstep Applications Project
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Gregory Casamento |
Subject: |
[Savannah-hackers] Re: Tarballs for GNUstep Applications Project |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:53:02 -0800 (PST) |
See below for my questions/comments...
--- Loic Dachary <address@hidden> wrote:
> Gregory Casamento writes:
> > Attached are the tarballs of the applications I want to initially offer.
> >
> > System Apps:
> > Original.tgz contains...
> > loginpanel.tgz -- The loginpanel application. Author: Me License: GPL
> > GSTerminal.tgz -- The terminal application. Author: Me License: GPL
> > NFSConfig.tgz -- The NFS configuration tool Author: Me License: GPL
> > (This app is just a skeleton right now...)
> >
> > Ports.tgz contains...
> > Games:
> > NeXTGo.tgz -- The NeXT Go game Author: Olaf Foellinger License: GPL
> >
> > Libraries
> > ChronographerSource.tgz -- A library which provides appointment and time
> > management functions. License: MiscKit (BSD-ish)
> >
> > I am resubmitting the project on savannah as I send you this.
> >
> > Thanks, GJC
>
> I'm a bit confused. Unless I'm mistaken the GNU GPL was not (yet ?)
> applied to these software packages (except, partially for NeXTGo). If that's
> indeed the case, could you remedy to this, following the instructions
> below ? Except for ChronographerSource.tgz which is not under the GNU GPL,
> of course ;-)
>
> Thanks in advance,
The loginpanel application should have the notice at the top of each source
file. GSTerminal and NFSConfig do not and I will correct this shortly. Is
this what you are referring to?
> How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
>
> If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
> possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
> free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
>
> To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
> to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
> convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
> the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
>
> <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
>
> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> (at your option) any later version.
>
> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> GNU General Public License for more details.
>
> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
>
>
> Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
>
> If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
> when it starts in an interactive mode:
>
> Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
> Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
>
> The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
> parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
> be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
> mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
>
> You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
> school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
> necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
>
> Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
> `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
>
> <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
> Ty Coon, President of Vice
>
> This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
> proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
> consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
> library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
> Public License instead of this License.
>
> --
> Loic Dachary http://www.dachary.org/ address@hidden
> 12 bd Magenta http://www.senga.org/ address@hidden
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> GPG Public Key: http://www.dachary.org/loic/gpg.txt
=====
Gregory John Casamento
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