Frederik Ramm wrote: > I especially dislike the idea of a "copyright" line on every file > since I would have to amend that each time I apply a patch that > someone sent.
That's not true; not every trivial patch is copyrightable. And copyright exists whether or not the person puts their name on it. So the best thing to do is have a policy that if people want to add their name, they do so as part of their patch. Easy - no work for you. > I have now updated the "LICENSE" file in JOSM to say that it is safe > to assume "GPL v2 or later" (file attached below). In the jurisdiction > I live in, it is generally the *intent* that counts, and I assume that > all contributors who have contributed under GPLv2 would also have done > so under v3. If anyone who has contributed stuff under v2 is unhappy > with this, contact me and we'll find a way to resolve this without > breaking JOSM. That's a helpful clarification. Thank you :-) Gerv _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/josm-dev
