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 COMPILE.html was removed, because outdated...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:

/*
    This file is part of Warzone 2100.
    Copyright (C) 1999-2004  Eidos Interactive
    Copyright (C) 2005-2006  Warzone Project

    Warzone 2100 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    Warzone 2100 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with Warzone 2100; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/

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