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I think we should just adjust it to include a note about the project + authors in the LICENSE or the README file. On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > @Geoff - automatic in the sense of legal attributing only, yes? It looks > like in the MIT license link, that there should be a copyright line with > authors and dates in there... In the 2.2 code (compressed or uncompressed, > there is only the license type, not copyright info) > > I am not an expert in this what so ever though, so I could be > misinterpreting. > > We can take this offline to discuss further. > > > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Geoff Stearns <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I believe copyright is automatic, so there's no need for a statement like >> that. It was just free advertising in the past :) >> >> Besides, the team is much more than just the three these days :) >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Jens. >>> >>> Thanks fort asking. Yes, you can distribute the swfobject library with >>> your project (modified or not). The original credits need to remain intact. >>> Other than that, you should be good to go. There used to be a proper >>> copyright statement in v2.0 / 2.1. I am unsure where that has gone in v2.2. >>> >>> Following the previous convention, it should look like this: >>> >>> SWFObject v2.2 <http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/> >>> Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Geoff Stearns, Michael Williams, and Bobby van >>> der Sluis >>> This software is released under the MIT License < >>> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Aran >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Jens Remus <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> I would like to include SWFObject as-is in my own open-source project >>>> (Wordpress Plugin) that is licensed under the GPLv2. >>>> >>>> Regarding the compatibility of the GPLv2 with the MIT License, there >>>> should not be any issue: >>>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses >>>> >>>> I do not plan to make any modifications to the SWFObject source code, >>>> but I would like to ship its JavaScript file without the accompanying >>>> files (i.e. not the full contents of the archive and neither the >>>> archive itself). Is that possible? >>>> >>>> What else do I have to take care of? The MIT License usually requires >>>> a copyright statement, but I did not find any copyright statement in >>>> the swfobject.js file. Do I need to ship the full MIT License text? I >>>> plan to add a section to my plugin's documentation that states what >>>> license my plugin is under and that it uses SWFObject which is under >>>> the MIT License. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance and keep up the great work, >>>> Jens >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "SWFObject" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "SWFObject" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SWFObject" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SWFObject" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en.
