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

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 14:14 +0100, Jonas Smedegaard 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.

"Based on" as in the sense that they looked at the Max/MSP help patches
while making the cyclone help patches. The code or files were not
copied, but rather the ideas were imitated.  I was involved in the
writing of that documentation.

> >>> +
> >>> +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.
> 
> 
> 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).

The license is the Tcl/Tk License, which is also was Pd used to use.
the pddpserver.tcl file is also covered by the Tcl/Tk License.

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