On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 07:45:41AM -0400, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > > As to what Creative Commons and FSF recommend for non-GNU projects is > > kinda not relevant to what GNU projects are recommended to do by the > > FSF. > > So should GNU maintainers add copyright lines to CC0d files? > > GNU maintainers should ask the FSF/legal@ what license is most prudent > to use.
What wasn't clear for me is whether they should add copyright lines to CC0d files written by other people, unrelated to GNU, who followed FSF's recommendations for non-GNU projects. > what about non-gnu Savannah programs? > > Savannah has guidelines as to what licenses are accepted. CC0 is GPL-compatible. > which recommendation applies to them? > > http://savannah.gnu.org/register/requirements.php It says that there should be valid license notices, but doesn't mention copyright notices; are they optional? > what should the hosting requirement be (we routinely point to GNU > Maintainer Info to tell how software should be packaged)? > > Who is we? Savannah admins who evaluate new registered projects on Savannah.
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