Is it ok with you to use these three lines for the copyright notice:
Copyright (c) 2001-2002, Ingo Schröder
Copyright (c) 2007-2013, ACOPOST Developers Team
All rights reserved.
or do you prefer to keep the notice expanded
Copyright (c) 2001-2002, Ingo Schröder
Copyright (c) 2007-2013, Tiago Tresoldi
Copyright (c) 2012-2013, Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen
Copyright (c) 2012-2013, Giulio Paci
Copyright (c) 2007-2013, ACOPOST Developers Team
All rights reserved.
?
I prefer the first form.
Bests,
Giulio.
Il 11/07/2013 22:56, Tiago Tresoldi ha scritto:
> Let's get back to work! :)
>
> -- Tiago
>
> 2013/7/11 Ingo Schroeder <ingo.schroe...@gmx.net>
>
>> Dear Giulio,
>>
>> First of all I would like to thank you all for your work on ACOPOST. I am
>> very happy that ACOPOST still lives!
>>
>> And yes, I agree to changing the license to BSD-3.
>>
>> All the best!
>>
>> Ingo
>>
>>
>> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 03. Juli 2013 um 11:31 Uhr
>> *Von:* "Giulio Paci" <giuliop...@gmail.com>
>> *An:* "Ingo Schroeder" <ingo.schroe...@gmx.net>
>> *Cc:* acopost-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>> *Betreff:* Re: [acopost-devel] license
>> Dear Ingo,
>> Tiago, Ulrik and I agreed to distribute our contributions to Acopost
>> and future releases of Acopost under the BSD-3 license
>> (http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause). Below you can find the
>> messages we sent each other in order to achieve the agreement.
>>
>> Do you also agree that we can distribute your contributions to Acopost
>> and future releases of Acopost under the BSD-3 license?
>>
>> Bests,
>> Giulio.
>>
>> On 30/06/2013 17:47, Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen wrote:
>>> Dear Giulio,
>>>
>>> I have no objections to BSD-3, and agree with Tiago's considerations
>>> about the reasons for BSD-3 being preferred (in this case) over BSD-2.
>>> I also agree that it is better to use widespread licenses.
>>>
>>> So, I think we are all in agreement.
>>>
>>> Thank you for sending us Ingo's email off-list in which he agrees to a
>>> change of license. I agree with Tiago that it would be good to send
>>> Ingo an email asking if he would agree with BSD-3, and for the reasons
>>> that we have come up with:
>>>
>>> a) It provides no warranty.
>>> b) It is a wide-spread, well-understood license.
>>> c) It is a very liberal license.
>>> d) It allows University researchers in some parts of the world to more
>>> easily contribute, given the presence of the endorsement clause. This is
>>> important for something like ACOPOST.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Ulrik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/30/13 5:40 PM, Giulio Paci wrote:
>>>> BSD-3 for me is ok.
>>>> I tend to prefer wide-spread licenses rather than custom ones, as it
>> simplify the life for users and maintainers.
>>>>
>>>> I think that when we will agree for a new license we can ask Ingo if he
>> can comment on it.
>>>>
>>>> Bests,
>>>> Giulio.
>>>>
>>>> Il 30/06/2013 16:37, Tiago Tresoldi ha scritto:
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> between Expat and BSD-2, which I consider equivalent, I would choose
>>>>> Expat for being even simpler and more traditional.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, even though I have no issues or preferences regarding the
>>>>> third clause of BSD-3, and even though I doubt it would ever apply to
>>>>> an eventual commercial derivative of Acopost, I understand that some
>>>>> future contributors might prefer the endorsing restrictions. In
>>>>> particular, someone working in a research program might be legally
>>>>> restricted from contributing with an Expat/BSD-2 license (it would be
>>>>> the case for some universities here in Brazil).
>>>>>
>>>>> My vote is thus for the BSD-3 (aka Modified BSD License). If you
>>>>> prefer an MTI-style license, I would go for one such as the ncurses
>>>>> license, which makes the Expat license equivalent to BSD-3.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW, Giulio, when we decide it would be good to have a copy of a
>>>>> message from Ingo stating that he agrees with the new terms.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bests,
>>>>>
>>>>> Tiago
>>>>>
>>>>> 2013/6/29 Giulio Paci <giuliop...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>> Hi to all,
>>>>>> today I got a reply from Ingo Schröder stating that he is ok with us
>> changing the
>>>>>> license of acopost, as long as he does not have to take any kind of
>> warranty.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I think it is possible to discuss the license now. :-) My
>> preference here goes to Expat, BSD-3 or BSD-2.
>>>>>> Is it ok with you to use one of these license for future releases?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bests,
>>>>>> Giulio.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Il 31/05/2013 14:53, Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen ha scritto:
>>>>>>> Hello to you both,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I agree with Tiago on both points:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> a) I would be open to discussing a license change, but
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> b) I believe our hands are tied unless we can contact the original
>>>>>>> authors and get permission for the license change.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ulrik
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 05/31/2013 02:32 PM, Tiago Tresoldi wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi Giulio,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I still like the GPL, but would not mind discussing a new license.
>> You
>>>>>>>> make a good point, especially if we consider that people want
>> acopost
>>>>>>>> because it is pure C and free of dependencies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> However, I am afraid our hands are tied: as expected from an
>> academic
>>>>>>>> research project released to the public in 2000/2001, Ingo clearly
>>>>>>>> licensed his source under GPL2 (and some parts of it, like primes.c,
>>>>>>>> seem to be taken from other projects and thus might have additional
>>>>>>>> authors) and there is no arguing that acopost is still, essentially,
>>>>>>>> his code. I suppose that the only thing that could be done, legally,
>>>>>>>> would be to agree moving to GPL3, which I would probably support but
>>>>>>>> does not solve your problem (in a way, it makes it worse).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The other option would of course be to contact Ingo, but as I told
>>>>>>>> Ulrik it seems impossible. I tried everything I could to contact
>> him,
>>>>>>>> I then tried his collegues from University of Hamburg and Kilian
>> Foth,
>>>>>>>> while very helpful and excited that people were still interested in
>>>>>>>> acopost, replied me this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As you will have suspected, the original inventors have moved on -
>> far on (Ingo Schröder now has a different career and a family and a house
>> to deal with), and I wouldn't know how to contact either of them anymore.
>>>>>>>> Besides that, the fact that Ingo Schröder is not an uncommon name in
>>>>>>>> Germany does not make it easier...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bests,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tiago
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2013/5/31 Giulio Paci <giuliop...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>> Hi to all,
>>>>>>>>> I would like to know your opinion about the acopost license and if
>> it would be possible to change its license to a more liberal one (e.g., the
>> Expat or the BSD-3 licences).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I do not know your opinion about software licenses and mine is
>> still evolving, however I reached a point where I mostly dislike GPL.
>>>>>>>>> I like its spirit and its goals, but as a developer I am much more
>> interested in having the code available for any purpose, including mixing
>> it with closed source software.
>>>>>>>>> For this reason I used to like LGPL much more than GPL. However it
>> is usually very difficult to respect LGPL terms, especially with big
>> projects, if you are using any
>>>>>>>>> closed source module.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What is your opinion about it?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bests,
>>>>>>>>> Giulio.
>>>>>>>>>
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