~ Daniel Stenberg [2022-05-17 11:28 +0200]: > On Tue, 17 May 2022, Max Mehl via curl-library wrote: >> Do you already know whether *all* files in the repository are under the curl >> license and "Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022, Daniel Stenberg, <[email protected]>, >> et al."? > > The curl license covers everything except lib/krb5.c (which is 3-clause BSD > style)
Good to know, thank you. I added this to the pull request I just opened: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/8869 > The copyrights are varying. I have most of them but there are plenty of other > copyright holders as well in different parts. The way how you would like to communicate this is up to you [^1]. In my examples I stick with the default copyright line for now. >> As we would also cover insignificant files such as configuration files, >> shall they also be just under the curl license or would you tend towards >> making them similar to public domain? > > We cannot willingly make things "public domain" where I live and work, so no > they are not. I would say that all files in the curl repository, unless > stated > otherwise, are distributed under the same license. That makes sense. Regarding public domain, some use CC0 [^2] or Unlicense [^3] or a very unprotective license such as MIT to reach a similar goal. But I personally also like using the "default" license for this. >> depending on whether you would like to stick with updating the years > > I would. > >> (which is not really necessary/useful as many argue [^1]). > > There are also those who argue otherwise. We stick to it. No problem, I adapted this in the pull request. Best, Max [^1]: https://reuse.software/faq/#many-copyright-statements [^2]: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ [^3]: https://unlicense.org/ -- Max Mehl - Programme Manager -- Free Software Foundation Europe Contact and information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl -- @mxmehl The FSFE is a charity that empowers users to control technology -- Unsubscribe: https://lists.haxx.se/listinfo/curl-library Etiquette: https://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html
