Charly Founès wrote: > Greetings, > > I sent a message to Shane Hudson but I heard that he isn't working for Scid > anymore so I'll ask here as well. > > Is it possible to use the data in scid.eco? I created a MySQL database for > php practice with the content of this file, I use the eco code, opening name > and moves. I find it very convenient to do text searches especially with the > opening names. I thought it might be useful for chess players and I would > like to put it on my website where I created some other scripts concerning > chess. ( http://cf29.com/design/index_eng.php) > > I found "Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Shane Hudson (....@users.sourceforge.net)" > in the scid.eco file. > It's the standard way to give credit to the people who contributed to the program.
> Scid is under a GPL license so I don't know what to do. > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html I think it would be useful to add the standard copying permission statement in every source file to avoid confusion: # This file is part of Scid (Shane's Chess Information Database). # # Scid 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. # # Scid 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 Scid. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. > May I put my script and the database online to make it available to the > public? What do you think? > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic With GPL you can always use the code, but if you distribute a derivative work you need to release it under a compatible license. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesCompatMean Bye, Fulvio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
