[Savannah-hackers] Re: Tarballs for GNUstep Applications Project

[Gregory Casamento]

See below for my questions/comments...

--- Loic Dachary <address@hidden> wrote:
> Gregory Casamento writes:
>  > Attached are the tarballs of the applications I want to initially offer.
>  > 
>  > System Apps:
>  > Original.tgz contains...
>  > loginpanel.tgz -- The loginpanel application.  Author: Me  License: GPL
>  > GSTerminal.tgz -- The terminal application.    Author: Me  License: GPL
>  > NFSConfig.tgz  -- The NFS configuration tool   Author: Me  License: GPL 
>  >    (This app is just a skeleton right now...)
>  > 
>  > Ports.tgz contains...
>  > Games:
>  > NeXTGo.tgz -- The NeXT Go game  Author: Olaf Foellinger License: GPL
>  > 
>  > Libraries
>  > ChronographerSource.tgz -- A library which provides appointment and time
>  > management functions.  License: MiscKit  (BSD-ish)
>  > 
>  > I am resubmitting the project on savannah as I send you this.
>  > 
>  > Thanks, GJC
> 
>       I'm a bit confused. Unless I'm mistaken the GNU GPL was not (yet ?)
> applied to these software packages (except, partially for NeXTGo). If that's
> indeed the case, could you remedy to this, following the instructions 
> below ? Except for ChronographerSource.tgz which is not under the GNU GPL, 
> of course ;-)
> 
>       Thanks in advance,

The loginpanel application should have the notice at the top of each source
file.  GSTerminal and NFSConfig do not and I will correct this shortly.  Is
this what you are referring to?
 
>           How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
> 
>   If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
> possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
> free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
> 
>   To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
> to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
> convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
> the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
> 
>     <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
>     Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
> 
>     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 2 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, write to the Free Software
>     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
> 
> 
> Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
> 
> If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
> when it starts in an interactive mode:
> 
>     Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year  name of author
>     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
>     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
>     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
> 
> The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
> parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
> be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
> mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
>
> You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
> school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
> necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
> 
>   Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
>   `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
> 
>   <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
>   Ty Coon, President of Vice
>
> This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
> proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
> consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
> library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
> Public License instead of this License.
>
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