Yasuhiro Matsumoto wrote:
> 15/01/12 @ 21:32 (+0100), Thilo Six escriu:
> > Dear Vim Script Maintainer,
> >
> > it has been revealed that there are files in the vim runtime distribution
> that
> > are *not* licensed under the terms of the vim license.
> > For details what the vim license is, please take a look at: ':help
> copyright' or
> > online at:
> > http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/uganda.html#license
> >
> > I writing to you, because you are mentioned as maintainer of one of those
> files.
> > For distributions that would like to include Vim it is getting very
> complicated
> > if there are files with a different license. It would require a lawyer
> or a
> > judge to decide how this applies to the runtime files.
> > And then it might be a bit different for various countries.
> >
> > Therefore we ask you kindly to change the license under which you release
> the
> > files mentioned.
> > Currently there are three ways of further progress on this matter:
> > I. It is preferred that you relicense this particular vim runtime
> file(s)
> > under the terms of the Vim license mentioned above.
> >
> > II. If you are not willing to relicense the runtime file(s) under the
> terms of
> > Vim license solely then we ask you dual-license the runtime file(s)
> under
> > the licese of your choice *and* the terms of the Vim license.
> >
> > III. If neither I. nor II. is acceptable for you for what ever reason,
> then we
> > might be forced to remove this runtime file(s) from the official vim
> > runtime file distribution from vim.org.
> >
> > If you are willing to relicense the runtime file(s) please sent them to
> vim-dev,
> > so that your will is publicly documented and cc Bram and me.
>
> I do relicense for followings files under the terms of the Vim license.
>
> runtime/tutor/tutor.ja.euc (converted from utf-8)
> runtime/tutor/tutor.ja.sjis (converted from utf-8)
> runtime/tutor/tutor.ja.utf-8
> runtime/colors/shine.vim
>
> If you will find the files that I wrote but it not listed in above, I'll
> contribute it to vim.
Thanks. I don't find a copyright notice in the tutor file, but I can't
read Japanese anyway. Does the text need to be adjusted or can it
remain the same?
I don't see a copyright notice in the colors/shine.vim file.
Thilo, I don't think we need to ask maintainers of files that currently
do not have a copyright or license notice. It defaults to the Vim
license because it's part of the package.
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