Author: ion Date: Tue Feb 28 18:38:28 2012 New Revision: 55906
URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos?rev=55906&view=rev Log: [NDK]: Clarify copyright granting and attribution requirements in NDK readme.
Modified: trunk/reactos/include/ndk/readme.txt
Modified: trunk/reactos/include/ndk/readme.txt URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/trunk/reactos/include/ndk/readme.txt?rev=... ============================================================================== --- trunk/reactos/include/ndk/readme.txt [iso-8859-1] (original) +++ trunk/reactos/include/ndk/readme.txt [iso-8859-1] Tue Feb 28 18:38:28 2012 @@ -128,8 +128,25 @@ for the purpose of locating the actual name or definition of a structure (sometimes possible due to ASSERTs or debugging strings) is considered 'fair use' and will be a likely candidate.
-If your addition satsfies these points, then please submit it, and also include whether or not -you would like to be credited for it. +If your contribution satsfies these points, then please submit it to the author with the following +statement: + +" +Copyright Grant. +I grant to you a perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright), worldwide, non-exclusive, +no-charge, royalty-free, copyright license, without any obligation for accounting to me, to reproduce, +prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, distribute, and implement +my Contribution to the full extent of my copyright interest in the Contribution. +" + +If you wish to be credited for your contribution (which the author is more than happy to do!), you +should add: + +"As a condition of the copyright grant, you must include an attribution in any derivative work you make +based on the Contribution. That attribution must include, at minimum, my name." + +This will allow you to have your name in the readme.txt file (which you are now reading). If you wish to +remain anonymous, simply do not include this statement.
3. USAGE