[SCM] pd-cyclone/master: Rewrite copyright file: Main licensing changed; Authors dropped; Lack of licensing added!!!

Felipe Sateler fsateler at debian.org
Fri Dec 3 13:23:28 UTC 2010


On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:14, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 09:17:33AM -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 07:14, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
>
>>>> +Copyright: cycling'74;
>>>> +License: NONE
>>>> + FIXME
>>
>> I'm not sure (Hans please correct me if I'm wrong), but these would be
>> reimplementations of the documentation of the equivalent Max/MSP plugins, so
>> copyright would not apply?
>
> The text says "based on" (if I recall correctly) which generally is no
> escape from earlier ownership, I believe.

I'll leave this for Hans to comment on, as he knows the source better.
>
>>>> +
>>>> +Files: ./bin/pddp/pddpserver.tcl
>>>> +Copyright: 1996-1997, Sun Microsystems
>>>> +License: NONE
>>>> + FIXME
>>
>> This looks like a weird BSD, Hans please check it out.
>
> Where did you see that?
>
> I found _no_ licensing related to that copyright statement.

The referenced CVS address (which is broken because sourceforge has
changed its dns scheme) has a license for the project.

> NB!  Beware also of the stripped authors I mentioned in my previous post
> (which you quoted but did not comment on, Felipe - I genereally recommend to
> quote only relevant email parts, i.e. parts you comment on).

Yes, sorry about that.

-- 

Saludos,
Felipe Sateler



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