[Soc-2005-dev] Copyright stuff

[Jiří Hnídek]

Hi,
I created wiki page with .c .h and .py templates. Feel free to add some 
c&c ;-)

http://wiki.blender.org/bin/view.pl/Blenderdev/SourceFileTemplates

Best regards

Jiri

> 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?