Copyright Notices

Ian Monroe ian.monroe at gmail.com
Mon Feb 2 21:59:41 CET 2009


On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Gary Steinert <gary.steinert at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 02 February 2009 19:59:30 Nikolaj Hald Nielsen wrote:
>> 1. that header looks like crap in gmail :-)
>>
>> Anyway, actually changing the license requires consent from _everyone
>> who holds copyright, so I think that is a rather ambitious project. If
>> you really want to go that route, I think we should standardize on the
>> "2, 3 or later at KDE e.V's discretion" (IIRC) license that is already
>> in use for a few files.
>
> The license already allows for use with GPLv3, but it would just simplify
> things. As part of changing the headers i do plan to compile a list of email
> addresses of copyright holders, mostly to check that people haven't changed
> their emails and not updated the copyright info. i.e. check there is one email
> per person =P
>
> I think I'll leave it as it is for now then. And for the record, its not meant
> to look good in gmail!!! =P
>
> Gary Steinert

Have you noticed headers that differ in substance with the GPLv2+ or
"GPLv2,3 and >3 if e.V. allows it" headers? Or is it just style?

Ian


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