"Ronald S. Bultje" <[email protected]> writes: > Hi, > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Reinhard Tartler <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 09:16:02 (CEST), Luca Barbato wrote: >> >>> --- >>> src/index | 5 +++-- >>> src/shame | 11 ++++++----- >>> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/src/index b/src/index >>> index 128fb57..20b4b06 100644 >>> --- a/src/index >>> +++ b/src/index >>> @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ on your choice of configuration options. If you use Libav >>> or its constituent >>> libraries, you <b>must</b> adhere to the terms of the license in question. >>> You can find basic compliance information and get licensing help on our >>> <a href="legal.html">license and legal considerations page</a>. >>> -Note that if you violate our license terms, we will track you down, list >>> -you on our <a href="shame.html">Hall of Shame</a> and eventually sue you. >>> +If you happen to violate our license terms, we will help you to address >>> +such issues. >>> +License violations are managed on our <a >>> href="http://bugzilla.libav.org";>bug tracker</a> and we keep a page with >>> the unresponsive <a href="/shame">violators</a> to make the public aware of >>> them. >>> </p> >> >> Hm, I agree that the previous text sounds pretty agressive, the new text >> is pretty much the opposite extreme. I would try something like this: >> >> Please note that because of GPL §4 (or LGPL §8), violating our license >> will terminate your rights to our work. However, we are happy to work >> with you to a solution should such a situation occur. > > I'm with Reinhard here. No kitty-language necessary, we do use lawyers > and we do demand financial compensation for past damages. We can make > it sound more professional, but the indication that violating our > license is a problem should definitely stay in there.
I think the text needs to be changed; it does sound a bit amateurish now. I also think the "threats" could be removed from the very first paragraph of the front page. -- Måns Rullgård [email protected] _______________________________________________ libav-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel
