[Soc-2005-dev] Copyright stuff

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

A proper new header could look like this;

/*
  * ***** BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
  *
  * 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.
  *
  * The Original Code is Copyright (C) 2005 by xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The Original Code is: all of this file.
  *
  * Contributor(s): none yet.
  *
  * ***** END GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
  *
  */

At choice you can assign (c) to yourself or to the Blender Foundation.  
My preference is to assign it to the BF, that will enable us to better  
protect the code in case of abuse, it will also free you from  
liability, if anyone ever thinks you violated copyright or a patent.

Also note that the BL exception was removed from the license text.

-Ton-




On 27 Jul, 2005, at 23:48, Pablo Diaz-Gutierrez wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I was just creating a new file, using an old one as a template, and I  
> came across the copyright notice in the file header. It says something  
> like "Original code copyright (2001-2002) by NaN blah blah. Original  
> code is: all the file. Contributors: None".
>
> So I got a bit curious about what's the right thing to do here for us  
> summer coders. If it's modifying an existing file, it should obviously  
> be enough with adding our name to the list of contributors. But what  
> shall we do with new files? I didn't find any related information in  
> the website. Is there a policy for this, or does everyone choose what  
> to write?
>
> Just wondering.
>
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> Pablo Diaz Gutierrez
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