Hi All, This is largely complete for WSJT-X. I have used best practice names for the various files as follows:
README - a general introduction to what the package does including a copyright statement AUTHORS - list of authors THANKS - accreditation for other work included or used INSTALL - how to install or build NEWS - user oriented change log BUGS - known defect list COPYING - the GPL v3 license text Remaining issues: 1) The NEWS file is out of date, I don't know where Joe keeps the latest but will need update before v1.4, 2) The BUGS file is basically empty. I would appreciate any reviews of the README, AUTHORS, THANKS and, INSTALL files. 73 Bill G4WJS. On 17/11/2014 21:18, Joe Taylor wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > I've given some thought recently to issues of Copyright, Licensing, and > attribution of credits related to our software. I want to share my > thinking with you and ask for possible input from others. > > As I see it, we should work toward satisfying the following goals: > > 1. A basic notice of copyright, licensing, and warranty disclaimer > should be included in every distribution package and installed along > with the program. Its content should be something like the following > text that Greg recently put into the file .../branches/wspr/COPYRIGHT in > our SVN repository: > > ######################################################################### > Copyright (C) 2001-2014 by Joseph H Taylor, Jr, K1JT > > 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > ######################################################################### > > 2. A copy of GPLv3 should be installed along with our programs. See file > .../branches/wspr/COPYRIGHT. > > 3. To comply with GPLv3 we must provide all source code necessary to > build the program, or instructions on how to obtain it. (I believe we > are already doing this.) > > 4. We should include suitable acknowledgments to individuals and > essential prior work that has made our program possible. Suitable > places may be the Acknowledgments section of our User Guides, 'About' > windows in our programs, a 'README' file installed along with each > program, etc. (I believe we are already doing this, too; but we should > be on the lookout for possible omissions or inconsistencies.) > > 5. In the case of KVASD, which implements the patent-licensed algorithm > for the Koetter-Vardy Algebraic Soft-Decision Reed-Solomon Decoder, we > must ensure that users who install it have seen and accepted the terms > of its End User License Agreement. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I should mention that among my motivations for again looking into these > matters was my recent examination of downloadable packages for the > program "JT65-HF HB9HQX-EDition", available on SourceForge. There are > two packages: a Windows binary installer and a Source code package. > This program is licensed under GPLv2. A 'readme' file says "The program > is mainly based on W6CQz, Joe Large's JT65-HF". It does not mention WSJT. > > The HB9HQX 'readme' file includes some highlights of program features, > including "Rapid decode result with singledecoder and multidecode." That > line caught my eye, so I started looking into whether he (or perhaps > someone else) had developed independent code for the JT65 protocol (as > specified in my September-October 2005 article in QEX, > http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/JT65.pdf). No: it turns out > that like W6CQZ in the original JT65-HF, and I guess anyone else who has > created a program that decodes JT65, he has simply taken code from our > WSJT repository, applied the "multi-decoding" ideas from MAP65, compiled > it into a windows dll, and used it pretty much as is, including > invocation of the closed-source KVASD decoder. > > I have no problem with the use of our open-source code in another > program. After all, that's a major reason for why it is open source! > Surely this can be done in the good ham spirit of sharing information > and techniques among enthusiastic hobbyists. However, some necessary > issues related to copyright, licensing, and attribution must receive > suitable attention. We have been somewhat lax about these things in the > past -- and so have some others making use of our code. > > I have had some brief communication with "Beat", HB9HQX. I believe he > is in agreement with most or all of the above, and will do what's > necessary to bring his version of JT65-HF into compliance with both our > license and his. I am sending him a copy of this message. > > Your comments and suggestions will be most welcome. > > -- 73, Joe, K1JT > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! 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