> Hello all - > > My previous email may have been lost in the fray so I'd just like to float > my recommendation again. > > If you have contributed code, please check to make sure your copyright, and > the date, is in the header for the source code you have contributed. > > This will make it easier for us to track if there has been a copyright and > GPL violation. If someone modifies a copyrighted file AND distributes that > file IN VIOLATION OF the GPL version 2, then the person or people who hold > the copyright on that file can force compliance. > > However, I also believe we should put a copyright statement within the > executables of FlightGear which we distribute - we should have a statement > saying FlightGear is copyrighted by its contributors - please see the > source code for information. (Perhaps several statements, in the console > and under the menu for instance.) > > Just because we release the software and the components of the software > under the GPL does not necessarily mean the contributors forfeit their > copyright on the work. > > By including copyright information within the essence of our product > components, we thereby make it more difficult for resellers to rebrand and > resell our product (because they can't just remove the copyright without > being in violation of the GPL - and if they do they have to state how they > modified the file from the original copy in the source code, AND > distribute that source code). > > At the same time, we maintain the fact the copyright is held by the > individual contributors, which was important to people the last time > around. This also does not constrict the freedom of the software under the > GPL and therefore I would strongly recommend adding this into the > software. > > If people are opposed to this for whatever reason, a "softer" suggestion > would be including an About menu with version information in each version, > say "FlightGear version 2.0.0 release date X/X/2010". > > Since this doesn't include a copyright, though, anyone can remove it as > long as they state they removed it within the source code of the product; > and since the people likely to be negatively affected by someone reselling > our product as-is aren't going to be looking at the source code, I > strongly recommend the copyright components, > > Cheers > John
I like the idea of having an 'About' dialog. I have just added a very simple one to the 'Help' menu. Not very fancy stuff compared to other products, but it's a start... Torsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
