Also something which can save you a great deal of trouble on the hosting side of things is Google Code <http://code.google.com>. Google offers a pretty nice and free site for open source projects which includes an SVN repo, a wiki, and a bug tracker.____________________________ Sean O'Connor http://seanoc.com
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Chris Knadle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Saturday 23 August 2008, Adam wrote: > > Hi everybody! After considerable effort, I am almost ready to release > > my first program for Linux, free to the public, and I'd like to do it > > the right way. > > First thing you'd probably want to do is post it up on your site; or make a > site to do that with, if you don't have one yet. ;-) > > From there you have some more interesting choices; you could offer it as a: > - file download (.sh, .tar.gz, etc) > - source control management download (CVS, SVN, Git, Hg, etc) > - package download (RPM, DEB, etc) [more complicated because it means > learning how to make packages] > > You get the idea. Personally I consider these more interesting to talk > about > than what license to use. > > > Is just putting that boilerplate as a comment near the top of my script > > sufficient? What would you advise? Thanks very much in advance! > > Looking at /var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.postrm, it contains: > > #!/bin/sh > # Debian xserver-xorg package post-removal script > # Copyright 1998--2001, 2003 Branden Robinson. > # Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. See the > file > # /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL or < > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>. > ... > > So something like the above should be enough; I don't think you need to > necessarily include the more lengthy boilerplate that the FSF recommends. > You can probably find other examples for short scripts for other licenses. > > -- Chris > > -- > > Chris Knadle > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > Aug 6 - Zenos > Sep 3 - TBD > > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
