I think I like the second Idea :) but lets see what others think... stefan
Am 28.01.12 18:17, schrieb Benjamin Gudehus: > Hi Stefan, > > I thought about two options: > > 1. add "Jump Pilot Project" as the copyright holder > 2. add "the authors of this file" as the copyright holder and refer to > the @author tags of the class. > > I'm completely fine about setting "Jump Pilot Project" for the > org.openjump.tests classes (option 1) > and using option 2 for the test classes I'll write. > > --Benjamin > > 2012/1/29 Stefan Steiniger <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Hei all developers, > > while answering on an email on the JTS list, I saw that for > DeleteDublicateGeometries I am still carrying the copyright although the > class was changed by others (see the header below). > > However, for the test-class it was used: > > Copyright (C) 2012 The JUMP/OpenJUMP contributors > > for those who do not know: keeping the copyright notice apart from the > license notice allows the author to reuse code later in another product > ... you never know ;) (And this has been important for ISA and will be > probably for the ADBToolbox makers) > > http://www.majordojo.com/2010/07/license-vs-copyright.php > > However, an option as well is to use term "JUMP/OpenJUMP contributors" > as you did for the test class.I haven't seen before that we use that. > This wouldn't allow any of us to reuse code in products with other > licenses - as it is not clear who the "JUMP/OpenJUMP contributors" > are/have been (... in lets say 5 years). But it clarifies that this > contribution comes from the project - and is important as well. > > So, any opinions on that? Did you guys talk about that in the last year > when I was off the grid? > > My opinion is that each author should decide from himself what he is > going to put there, and OpenJUMP contributors seems to me a good "tag" > (or shall we use "JUMP Pilot Project"?). > > If we have a agreement on that we need to write that as project policy > somewhere (wiki - developer area). So, that those who want to contribute > know the rules before-hand. > > stefan > > /* > * The Unified Mapping Platform (JUMP) is an extensible, > interactive GUI > * for visualizing and manipulating spatial features with geometry and > attributes. > * > * JUMP is Copyright (C) 2003 Vivid Solutions > * > * This program implements extensions to JUMP and is > * Copyright (C) Stefan Steiniger. > * > * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License > * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 > * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. > * > * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the > * GNU General Public License for more details. > * > * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software > * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA > 02111-1307, USA. > * > * For more information, contact: > * Stefan Steiniger > * [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > */ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
