Re: Dontation -- html renderer for Swing.

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi Thomas,

On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 12:57, Thomas Zander wrote:
> I'd like to donate the sources of the project, including my work done since 
> the fork, to classpath since I don't have the time to finish upgrading the 
> sources (it still implements array-copies and stuff instead of using 
> ArrayList)

Thanks. We need to find someone to maintain it though if you cannot help
with integration and updating the sources so they fit into GNU
Classpath. Could you outline how you think it could be best integrated
and what tasks remain to be done?

> License history:
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/uic/uicompiler/optional/uic/widgets/html/LICENCE?rev=HEAD
> 
> As you can see in the above link, the original license is basically a 
> freeware, please share, no strings attached license. Almost like public 
> domain.
> I am the sole copyright holder of the changes since the import so any 
> relicensing of those changes is possible, although I believe forking an 
> Apache project and relicensing in the process is possible.

Normally we want to have a complete paper trail of the sources we
distribute as part of GNU Classpath. This is normally a simple process
of sending a statement to the FSF that you have the right to contribute
the sources to the project and that the FSF is free to distribute them
as part of the GNU project. That way we (and all users) can be sure that
GNU Classpath is now and will always be free software. We don't want
surprizes somewhere in the future when someone claims to have rights on
a work that we didn't know about when we added the sources. And we want
to be sure for example that the people who worked on GNU Classpath code
didn't study and/or copy some proprietary implementation while working
on code intended to be contributed to the project.

See also:
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/docs/hacking.html#SEC2
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/faq/faq.html#faq3_1

So we would like to contact the original author. Could you try to
contact him and ask him to email me about donating the code to the GNU
Classpath project?

Thanks,

Mark

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