Am Sonntag, 3. Dezember 2006 15:33 schrieb Dennis Schridde: > Am Sonntag, 3. Dezember 2006 13:29 schrieb Linas Žvirblis: > > Dennis Schridde wrote: > > >> That's how I see our status quo: it's all just GPL. > > > > > > Sounds like an idea, but how do we tell that the distributors without > > > adding a "disclaimer" or whatever else you call the text stating our > > > interpretation? > > > > Just remove anything that might make people question the status of the > > license. This includes disclaimers, any mentioning of other licenses and > > unclear copyright notices (like "all rights reserved" stuff) in any > > files, etc. > > Asking some lawyers some time ago resulted in the opinion that the "all > rights reserved" parts belongs to the copyright which is protected by the > GPL. So we can't remove those I think. (File: novideo.rpl) > I think Ari explained that "all rights reserved" is just an addition to the > copyright notice, stating that you don't hand over the copyright to whoever > recieves the file. > > How do other packages in Debian handle the install-sh file which comes > under the X11 license as you told me a while ago? Do they all have to add a > notice? Or did they not ship that file? > > COMPILE.html was removed, because outdated... > > > Adding GPL headers to all source files might also be a good idea. > > Ok, easy done. Allready have a script from earlier attempts that does this. PS: The GPL header is:
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