@Geoff - Cool. I'm down with the idea of the Berne agreement. @Jens - There you go, you don't need to do anything at all then.
Aran On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Geoff Stearns <[email protected]> wrote: > See: http://hackerboss.com/get-rid-of-templates/ > > 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]<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. 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