Hi Tom, as a committer to the eUML subsystem, I hereby approve the EPL-only headers.
Thomas -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:24:06 -0400 > Von: Tom Morris <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [argouml-dev] Merging ArgoEclipse fork of eUML implementation > When it was uncertain that ArgoUML would ever adopt the EPL, I created > an ArgoEclpse-hosted fork of the eUML implementation for all my work. > Since all the code at the time of the fork had been created by just > two people, I got Bogdan's written permission to relicense everything > and dropped the BSD license entirely. > > Now that ArgoUML has adopted the EPL, it makes sense to merge the two > code bases back together so that they can each benefit from changes > unique to the other. > > For modules which still haven't been touched by anyone else, I'm going > to use the simplified EPL-only headers. For modules which have had > changes made by others, I'll seek written permission from the other > authors to relicense as EPL-only and remove the BSD copyright notice. > For any modules that I can't get everyone to agree, they'll need to > retain both copyright headers. > > If you know you're one of the people who has modified the ArgoUML eUML > model implementation, you can reply to this thread indicating whether > or not you approve of the EPL-only headers. Note that none of this > has any effect on the license which is in effect for these modules. > It's simply a matter of reducing the amount of text in the headers. > In all cases, all earlier versions of the modules are BSD licensed and > all later versions are EPL-licensed (even if they contain BSD > copyright notices) since the EPL has more restrictive terms than the > BSD license. > > I'll be doing the first batch of the simplest merges today and working > my way through the progressively more complex ones. > > Tom > > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://argouml.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=450&dsMessageId=2525154 > > To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: > [[email protected]]. > To be allowed to post to the list contact the mailing list moderator, > email: [[email protected]] -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 ------------------------------------------------------ http://argouml.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=450&dsMessageId=2537355 To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: [[email protected]]. To be allowed to post to the list contact the mailing list moderator, email: [[email protected]]
