Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of ratpoison - savannah.nongnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

> I have one question about src/linkedlist.{c,h}. I took them from the
> Linux kernel but it didn't have a copyright notice. I added this to
> the top:
> 
> /* This file was taken from the Linux kernel and is 
>  * Copyright (C) 2003 Linus Torvalds
>  *
>  * Modified by Shawn Betts. Portions created by Shawn Betts are
>  * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Shawn Betts
> 
> Is that okay?

This is fine, except that you should not abbreviate the year list
using a range. The rule is a bit complicated, see:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html

I have approved your project.  You will receive an automated e-mail
containing detailed information about the approval. I am going to
import the repository and the ratpoison-devel mailing list, it should
be done within an hour. Just update the copyright notices (not only in
the linkedlist.* files) asap. Of course, feel free to ask if you have
any other concern.

All the best,

-- 
Sylvain

On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 08:08:47PM -0800, Shawn Betts wrote:
> Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > There are some legal tasks to deal with.
> > 
> > Several files are lacking copyright and license notices.
> 
> That should be fixed.
> 
> > In order to release your project properly and unambiguously under the
> > GPL, please place copyright notices and permission-to-copy statements
> > at the beginning of every file of source code.
> > For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.
> > 
> > All files of more than 10 lines should carry appropriate notices.
> > Check http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html
> > 
> > 
> > None of the copyright notices bear '2004' and should be updated.
> 
> I've fixed that.
> 
> > We also recommand that you release the documentation under the GNU
> > FDL. You appear to be using an FSF pre-GFDL license ("translation
> > approved by the Free Software Foundation").
> 
> Done.
> 
> > Other non-trivial text files should also carry a small notice, such as
> > an all-permissive one (see
> > http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices.html) or a
> > reference to the main GFDL notice (see
> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto.html).
> 
> Done.
> 
> > last, we except that you will close your SF account, or make it a
> > redirection to Savannah, one the move is done. Do you agree with this?
> 
> Yes, that's what I plan to do.
> 
> > This should be your latest cvs repository:
> > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/ratpoison-cvsroot.tar.bz2
> > Check whether it is up-to-date.
> 
> Tomorrow this should be updated with my copyright changes.
> 
> > If you have a way to get your mail archives as mboxes or as a list of
> > text e-mails, we can also import your mailing-lists.
> 
> I have an mbox of all the posts to ratpoison-devel.
> 
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/pipemail/ratpoison-devel
> 
> > Aside from the legal issues, your project can be hosted at
> > Savannah. Since you want to import the CVS repository, I suggest you
> > do the changes in it, and we'll approve the project and import it
> > then.
> 
> Okay, I've made the copyright changes. I have one question about
> src/linkedlist.{c,h}. I took them from the Linux kernel but it didn't
> have a copyright notice. I added this to the top:
> 
> /* This file was taken from the Linux kernel and is 
>  * Copyright (C) 2003 Linus Torvalds
>  *
>  * Modified by Shawn Betts. Portions created by Shawn Betts are
>  * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Shawn Betts
> 
> Is that okay?
> 
> Thanks for your help!