Wesley - Thats the plan. To grep through for typical words, "LGPL" "Artistic" "whatever". If nothing pops up we're just gonna submit the package for review. If we do see files that come up with other licenses we will have to go through all the files.
Wesley T Allen wrote: > On Thursday 01 February 2007 1:46 pm, Cory K. wrote: > >> Well yes. Thats what we have to do. Go through every file to check for a >> license header. If theres none or a GLP header we're good. If there does >> happen to be one thats licensed otherwise we have to note that >> difference in the debian/copyright file. >> > > Is a manual scan necessary, or do license headers have some kind of typical > syntax - if there's a typical syntax would using grep to scan for "license" > be a good place to start? > > Wes > > >> Jeroen van de Nieuwenhof wrote: >> >>> Maybe it's a stupid question, but how can you make sure a file is or >>> isn't gpl? Should there be a header in the file containing the license >>> of it's lgpl or other? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Jeroen >>> >>> Cory K. schreef: >>> >>>> Ok. So heres what its coming down to. We have to do a full review of >>>> _every_ file to make sure their all GPL. We cant take it on faith. The >>>> license file is good enough for the admins as long as the other files >>>> dont conflict. So if we come across 1 file that is LGPL or Artistic >>>> licensed it will be rejected. >>>> >>>> We dont have to _add_ a license header for every file just make sure >>>> theres not one that conflicts. >>>> >>>> Nicolas Maufrais wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:54:58AM -0500, Cory K. wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Look, in the end all we want is help. I havnt seen 1 post that >>>>>> gives us >>>>>> that. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lack of effort isnt the reason it hasnt made it into distros like >>>>>> Fedora >>>>>> or Debian. Their are issues. People may feel they are distro issues >>>>>> but >>>>>> they are issues none-the-less. Getting Cinelerra into distros >>>>>> repositories will only help Cinelerra. We are willing to do the >>>>>> work if >>>>>> you are willing to help. >>>>>> >>>>>> If anyone wants to be helpful please email me off-list or on IRC at >>>>>> #ubuntustudio on Freenode. >>>>>> >>>>> Don't be mistaken. There are a lot of people here who help others, >>>>> either by spending time developing, sharing their knowledge or helping >>>>> others to install or use Cinelerra. BTW, to all of them, I say: >>>>> *** THANKS *** =) >>>>> >>>>> Now, the fact that you don't receive immediate help shouldn't >>>>> discourage >>>>> you to improve things. That the way things work in the Open-Source >>>>> world. >>>>> >>>>> I gave you some hints and references in my last mail. I can't do more >>>>> right now, since I already spend enough time contributing each week and >>>>> have a life. I assume that's the same for developers, isn't it? >>>>> >>>>> I personnaly prefer Hannes, for example, to continue to improve/debug >>>>> Cinelerra than spending time on this licence issue, which can be solved >>>>> by people such as you (or me, if I wasn't already busy enough) for >>>>> example. >>>>> >>>>> Nicolas Maufrais. >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Cinelerra mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cinelerra mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cinelerra mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra >> > > _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
