On 3/11/07, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
inode0 wrote:
> On 3/11/07, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I am looking at my screen which looks like this:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ head -5
>> /usr/share/doc/gettext-devel-0.14.6/examples/hello-java-awt/Hello.java
>> // Example for use of GNU gettext.
>> // Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> // This file is in the public domain.
>
>
> It appears lots of files in the gettext package have this bizarre
> comment. According to the FSF, something being "in the public domain"
> means "the material is not copyrighted and no license is needed" to
> use it. You'll probably need to bring it up with the FSF. It is
Not I, unless I wish to derive from it or redistribute it. Those who
distribute it need the licence to do so.
> bundled in the GNU gettext package which is released under the GPL so
> I suspect there needs to be some cleanup to remove these "public
> domain" comments throughout.
Logically, by the FSF as the owner. In practice, by one of the
distributors, and RH is probably the next due to release. Two days?
I'm hoping RH is still paying attention to this list....
Ok, but the gettext package upstream is clearly distributed under the
GPL Versioin 2 or later. So what again are you worried about? If the
piece in question incorrectly includes a copyright notice by the FSF I
don't see a problem and if it incorrectly includes a public domain
statement I don't see a problem. Either way it could be redistributed,
right? Either way you could make derivative works form it, right?
John
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