Re: [Ganglia-developers] ganglia-web 3.4.x into Debian
On 18/05/12 01:03, Vladimir Vuksan wrote:
It is not a rewrite. It is an extension of the old web code.
Either way, there is a point at which a piece of work takes on an
identity of it's own - there are plenty of examples of people extending
some project, as long as they respect the license of the project
founders (e.g. X.Org license files all credit the XFree86 contributors,
as it is an extension of their work)
http://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.0/doc/RELNOTES6.html
As it is not my own work, it has no impact on me personally - but I do
think the people who have contributed deserve to be recognised
prominently, and as long as the license terms are 100% compatible, there
is nothing wrong with adding a whole list of extra names where it says
`The Regents of the University of California', s/Regents/Authors/
If nobody objects, we could:
- update the COPYING file to refer to the AUTHORS file
- s/Regents/Authors/
- git log | grep ^Author | sort -u AUTHORS (not sure if this is
sufficient to find all patches though)
- find all other copyrights (e.g. in Javascript and mention them in
COPYING), e.g. find . -type f -exec grep -Hi copyright '{}' \;
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[Ganglia-developers] ganglia-web 3.4.x into Debian
I've just started a Debian source package on git.debian.org for ganglia-web git-import-orig -u 3.4.2 \ --filter=debian/* \ ../ganglia-web_3.4.2.orig.tar.gz It is in Debian's collab-maint tree (which means any Debian developer or maintainer can collaborate on it) - but it could potentially go on github too http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/ganglia-web.git;a=summary To get this into Debian, a couple of things are needed: - copyright - I've started a debian/copyright file listing the authors of each piece of work (everything has to listed, for all original code and every piece of javascript that has been copied, etc) - non-minimized versions of Javascript code - the ganglia-web release tarballs needs to include the regular, human readable version of each .js file, otherwise Debian doesn't consider it open source $ ls js combobox.js jquery.flot.stack.js create-flot-graphs.js jquery.gangZoom.js ***d3.v2.min.js jquery.liveSearch.js ***excanvas.min.js***jquery.mobile-1.0.min.js ganglia.jsjquery.multiselect.js ***jquery-1.7.1.min.js ***jquery-ui-1.8.14.custom.min.js ***jquery.ba-bbq.min.js jquery-ui-timepicker-addon.js jquery.cookie.js protovis-r3.2.js ***jquery.flot.crosshair.min.js ***rickshaw.min.js ***jquery.flot.min.jstasseo.js The minimised versions are accepted by Debian, but only if they are accompanied by the regular versions Please bear in mind the Debian freeze date for Debian 7 (quite close to the book deadline too) https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/05/msg4.html Regards, Daniel -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
Re: [Ganglia-developers] ganglia-web 3.4.x into Debian
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au wrote: To get this into Debian, a couple of things are needed: - copyright - I've started a debian/copyright file listing the authors of each piece of work (everything has to listed, for all original code and every piece of javascript that has been copied, etc) What do you need, specifically, from the code authors? -- Jesse Becker -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
Re: [Ganglia-developers] ganglia-web 3.4.x into Debian
On 17/05/12 21:12, Jesse Becker wrote: On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au wrote: To get this into Debian, a couple of things are needed: - copyright - I've started a debian/copyright file listing the authors of each piece of work (everything has to listed, for all original code and every piece of javascript that has been copied, etc) What do you need, specifically, from the code authors? I just want to make sure I don't miss anybody It is bare bones at the moment: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/ganglia-web.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/copyright;hb=master Furthermore, I don't believe there is any obligation for people to grant ownership of their code to the The Regents of the University of California - that only belongs to code actually written by those within the university. There is a tendency for people to cut and paste the BSD license without changing that. As the new web component is a complete re-write, it can state the actual author names and/or their workplaces if necessary. The COPYING file, for example, could be updated. In many open source projects, each contributor modifies the BSD license text to replace the name of the university with their own name or company name, or just the word `author', and puts that text in each source file they contribute, along with their name e.g. --- Copyright 2012 Bob b...@example.org Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of *the author* nor the names of contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY *THE AUTHOR* ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL *THE AUTHOR* BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
Re: [Ganglia-developers] ganglia-web 3.4.x into Debian
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au wrote: As the new web component is a complete re-write, it can state the actual author names and/or their workplaces if necessary. The COPYING file, for example, could be updated. I don't believe this is true -- Vladimir, please comment. Thanks, Bernard -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
