Hi Mark, Good question.
I'm told the Fedora folks ran their license header solution (referencing an external file) by lawyers at UVA a few years ago, and they were OK with it. Also, again note we are not suggesting any changes to either the DSpace License or Copyright text. We'll still obviously keep the same BSD License we've always used, and the same copyright text as well. The only real change here is that we'll be referencing them in an external file, similar to how Fedora has done for years. - Tim On 6/11/2010 12:15 PM, Mark H. Wood wrote: > Have the Foundation's lawyers examined the proposed change and given > an opinion? or is there one already covering the Fedora practice? > Mechanical details are important, but ultimately the most important > aspect of copyright claims and licensure is whether they work in the > legal context. > > If the lawyers say that the new text will adequately protect the > community's rights to its own code, then I think a much smaller > boilerplate is a good change. I've got the start-handle-server script > open right now, and legalese takes up about two thirds of the entire > file. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list Dspace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
