This is already done, most files which have Wine code are labeled so atop of the file ("Some parts are taken from Wine project..."). What I see is that Dmitry Timoshkov says this is not enough.
It should be enough if the original copyright notices are kept. No need to research origins of every piece of code.
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Hi! On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Dmitry Gorbachev d.g.gorbachev@gmail.com wrote:
This is already done, most files which have Wine code are labeled so atop of the file ("Some parts are taken from Wine project..."). What I see is that Dmitry Timoshkov says this is not enough.
It should be enough if the original copyright notices are kept. No need to research origins of every piece of code.
LGPL 2.1:
- You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Library's complete
source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; [...]
- You may modify your copy or copies of the Library or any portion of
it, thus forming a work based on the Library, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, [...]
GPL-HOWTO:
If you have copied code from other programs covered by the same license, copy their copyright notices too. Put all the copyright notices together, right near the top of each file.
Yes, we are following the rules for transfer and copying code. If we have to we can copy the AUTHORS list and place it in our media directory.... List it as WINE_AUTHORS and post the WINE_LICENSE too.... I know we have covered our asses when it comes to this issue. It's just those little children playing big OS project at codeweevils again whining about coping their code... I guess they need to learn how to read the license......
They need to play nice or someone will test SFXYZ since they (wine) are bought and paid for by them. That includes any remarks about ReactOS being based on leaked source.... You better watch it! You just better! What your members and code contributers say is on the behalf of SFXYZ. If they are listed in AUTHORS they are part of wine/codeweevils/SFXYZ!
James
Ref: http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2008-November/070523.html
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