+1 from me too. But didn't we already vote on this a couple days ago??? Michael
On 5/15/08 3:54 AM, "Hamish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marco: >> I read and accepted the terms of the RFC 2 document >> published here: >> http://download.osgeo.org/grass/grass6_progman/rfc/rfc2_psc.html > > ok, then "+1" from me. > > >>> simple curiosity: where do you expect your initial >> WinGRASS commits to be? In a dir in the source code like >> macosx/ and debian/, or in the grass-web >> grass63/binary/mswin/ area, or ..? >> >> 1) grass-web/trunk/grass63/binary/mswindows/native >> >> to maintain the published release documentation >> >> 2) branches/develbranch_6/win32 >> >> the folder where i put all the scripts and files needed to >> prepare the release installer (as an exe file). > > why refer to 32bit in the dirname? > > >> Just few questions: all the files (dos batch scripts, the >> NSIS script, icons and documents) are made by me, with the >> exception of: >> >> 2.1) the bmp files (4) for the installer GUI, taken from >> the standard library of NSIS (that is OS, obviously) > > it may be "open source", but that means 1001 different things, many of which > we can not touch. what is the license exactly? are those 4 files distributed > under terms compatible with the GPL? If not GPL is it one of the OSI > usual-suspects approved set? > >> 2.2) a small part of the installer, a function to let >> replace parts of strings; I just copied and pasted it, >> maintaining the header, where is clear the line >> ";Written by [author]" > > what license terms did the author provide it with? you can not just cut and > paste things from the internet or "cook books", even with attribution. is it a > simple one- liner that is hard to write any other way, or is it an original > work? without a clear license you can not distribute the code. if in doubt > try and contact the author of that code, they may give you full permission to > use, modify, and redistribute it. > > >> does it match the RFC 2? > > Without more details I don't know. > to be clear, it is explicitly the committer's responsibility to ensure that > everything they put in the repo is legally kosher. > > > (this is perhaps a matter that should be cc'd to the -dev list for wider > audience + comment) > > > good reading: > http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html > > > Hamish > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > grass-psc mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc __________________________________________ Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution & Social Change Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Arizona State University phone: 480-965-6213 fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton _______________________________________________ grass-psc mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc
