Am Sonntag, 3. Dezember 2006 15:48 schrieb Dennis Schridde:
> 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 COMPILE.html was removed, because outdated...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
Is it "Eidos Interactive", "Eidos Europe" or "Eidos plc." as the novideo.rpl 
states?

>     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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