[ubuntu-in] General OpenSourcing Doubt !

2009-01-15 Thread Venkatesan Padmanabhan
Hi all, Am just curious on how to release a software we built under GPL? Like, Should I own a copyright for it and then release it under GPL inorder to take the credit? Venkatesan Padmanabhan venkatesan...@gmail.com -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-in] General OpenSourcing Doubt !

2009-01-15 Thread Shrinivasan T
Hi, Am just curious on how to release a software we built under GPL? Like, Should I own a copyright for it and then release it under GPL inorder to take the credit? Just release under GPL. GPL ensures the credits of the original author. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My

Re: [ubuntu-in] General OpenSourcing Doubt !

2009-01-15 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Venkatesan Padmanabhan venkatesan...@gmail.com wrote: | Am just curious on how to release a software we built under GPL? | Like, Should I own a copyright for it and then release it under GPL inorder | to take the credit? \-- Yes. Also read:

Re: [ubuntu-in] General OpenSourcing Doubt !

2009-01-15 Thread Venkatesan Padmanabhan
Thanks everyone, Then basically to appreciate something as your creation (though you allow anyone to reuse/modify) you need to copyright it. @Shrinivasan How will GPL ensure it is our work (ie. you are the original creators) if you dont own an copyright for it? and Thanks Parthan, Mine is case

Re: [ubuntu-in] General OpenSourcing Doubt !

2009-01-15 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Venkatesan Padmanabhan venkatesan...@gmail.com wrote: | How will GPL ensure it is our work (ie. you are the original creators) if | you dont own an copyright for it? \-- As mentioned earlier, copyright and licensing are two different entities. Copyright

Re: [ubuntu-in] General OpenSourcing Doubt !

2009-01-15 Thread Puneeth Chaganti
Hi Thanks everyone, Then basically to appreciate something as your creation (though you allow anyone to reuse/modify) you need to copyright it. You don't really need to do anything, to copyright your creation. The fact that you have created it automatically gives you a copyright over your

Re: [ubuntu-in] General OpenSourcing Doubt !

2009-01-15 Thread shirish
Reply in-line :- On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 23:42, Venkatesan Padmanabhan venkatesan...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks everyone, Then basically to appreciate something as your creation (though you allow anyone to reuse/modify) you need to copyright it. @Shrinivasan How will GPL ensure it is our work