On 12/08/2009 07:48 AM, Dave Pitts wrote: > If we're going to productize this program. I'm going to add files to the > tarball like ChangeLog, README, etc. Do you have any other > recommendations? Also, I'll start the version numbering at 1.0.0 for > this distribution work.
Well, I'd like to stress that I'm not trying to coerce you into doing other work you weren't willing to do! This doesn't have to be very complex at all, if you have a Changelog that would be nice. Before packaging it for Debian I'll also make a brief man page for it, which I will forward to you. >> >>>> However, before doing that, I would need clarification on the >>>> license. I >>>> don't see one in the source. Under what conditions is the distribution >>>> of your interpreter permitted? >>>> >>>> Some good choices for free licenses may be the GPL or the 3-clause BSD >>>> license, depending on your taste. Normally, Public Domain is not as >>>> good >>>> of a choice.[2] >>>> >>> Well, I did the initial coding, in Pascal, of Focal waaaay before >>> anybody thought of GPL or BSD licenses. I converted it to C in the early >>> 1980s on Dec VAX running VMS. So, what would be the easiest way to set >>> it up? I signed GPL stuff for GCC and GAWK work that I've done in the >>> past. >>> >> >> Since it's your work, there should be no trouble. For the gcc work it >> was a bit different because you would have had to sign over your >> copyright to the FSF. In this case, you don't have to forfeit your >> copyright. All you would have to do is choose a license that you like >> and add it to the source tarball. This would state the license under >> which you authorize redistribution of Focal as copyright holder of the >> code of the interpreter. >> >> > OK, after looking at the GCC source, we have a COPYING file, that > contains the license, and comment blocks in the source like: > > * FOCAL 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, or (at your option) any later > * version. > * > * FOCAL 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 FOCAL; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free > * Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA > * 02111-1307, USA. > > Anything else? That's the proper way to handle the license if it's under the GPL. Also don't forget to add in a header to explain that you hold the copyright since you started working on it. I appreciate your cooperation on this; it's nice that other people will be able to more easily benefit from your work. Regards, Daniel
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