On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Sebastian Kügler <se...@kde.org> wrote:
> Hi all, > > [If you're in the CC: of this email explicitely, please reply to it in any > case.] > > The short version: > > Are you OK with changing the license in the unlicensed files you > have > worked on in Plasmate to GPLV2+ and KDE e.V. approved licenses? > > Yes I am fine with it. Thanks for paying attention :) > Longer version: > > Over the weekend, I've had a closer look at Plasmate, to fix some bugs and > improve it here and there. It struck me that the licensing is currently > incomplete -- some files are missing a licensing header. If we want to > release > Plasmate at some point, that's something we'll need to work out. > > I started on this by streamlining the copyright headers (some used a short > form to refer to the GPLv2+, I've replaced those with the advised text at > http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy#GPL_Header > > There are still some files unlicensed at this point, though. I've asked > Paul > Adams to help me a bit to sort out the people who have written or > contributed > to these files, and thanks to grep, uniq, sort and svn log, I've compiled a > list of people per file that are the copyright holders according to svn > log. > > The list is: > > ---- *snip* ------ > > packagemodel.h > aseigo > asouza > casella > sandroandrade > shantanu > yuenlim > packagemodel.cpp > aseigo > asouza > casella > mart > sandroandrade > shantanu > yuenlim > sidebaritem.cpp > aseigo > casella > sidebartablewidget.cpp > casella > mlaurent > sidebartablewidget.h > casella > mlaurent > editors/editpage.h > asouza > mlaurent > shantanu > yuenlim > editors/editpage.cpp > aseigo > asouza > mlaurent > sandroandrade > shantanu > yuenlim > savesystem/tabledelegate.cpp > casella > savesystem/tabledelegate.h > casella > savesystem/tablewidget.cpp > casella > savesystem/tablewidget.h > casella > savesystem/timeline.cpp > aseigo > casella > coles > ilic > yuenlim > savesystem/timeline.h > aseigo > casella > yuenlim > savesystem/timelineitem.cpp > aseigo > casella > savesystem/timelineitem.h > aseigo > casella > > ---- *snip* ------ > > (I've *NOT* looked at the commits themselves, because I'm not in the > position > to judge if a patch is too trivial or should include the author in the > file's > copyright. A las, if you think your contribution to some file is trivial, > let > me know and I'll not include your name in the copyright header. Otherwise, > please let me know if you're OK with changing the files you have been > working > on to the GPLv2 or later, including the clausule > > In order to protect your copyright in the future, please also consider > signing > the KDE e.V.'s fiduciary licensing agreement, which is a safe construct to > keep copyright of KDE code intact and workable in case you are not > available > for eventual licensing changes, should that ever become necessary. > (Different > topic though.) > > Please (ideally) send me an "I am OK with the licensing changes you > propose.", > or in case you're not OK with it, let me know that as well and I'll see > what > we can do about it. I kind of expect this to be an administrative thing, > but > needs to happen nevertheless. > > Thanks for your attention on this boring topic. :-) > > Cheers, > -- > sebas > > http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 > -- Shantanu Tushar (UTC +0530) http://www.shantanutushar.com
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