Hi Robert -- The OSGPL spells out what I can and can't do with the OSG source code. However, what happens legally when there is a discrepancy between source code comment blocks and the OSGPL? For example, I'm looking at comment blocks in the FLT import plugin, and they read: // // OpenFlightR loader for OpenSceneGraph // // Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Brede Johansen //
The comment makes no mention of OSGPL and says, simply, that the source code is copyrighted. The author of the code grants me no license to use the code in the comment block. SO I'm not sure I'm legally allowed to copy or modify this code. If I look at other code, I see even more worrisome discrepancies. For example, the comment block from some of the TXP files says I have no rights to use the code at all, as I don't have written permission from the president of TERREX: /* ************************ Copyright Terrain Experts Inc. Terrain Experts Inc (TERREX) reserves all rights to this source code unless otherwise specified in writing by the President of TERREX. This copyright may be updated in the future, in which case that version supercedes this one. ------------------- Terrex Experts Inc. 4400 East Broadway #314 Tucson, AZ 85711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (520) 323-7990 ************************ */ So, my question is: what trumps what, legally: the OSGPL or the source code comments? If the OSGPL wins out, then I have the legal right to go in and remove those comment blocks... correct? And if the OSGPL _doesn't_ win out... Then what have we got? Paul Martz Skew Matrix Software LLC http://www.skew-matrix.com <http://www.skew-matrix.com/> 303 859 9466 _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
