Wed 14 Oct 2009 10:31:44 PM UTC, comment #8:
Hi,
Philippe, would you be so kind as to call me 06 64 03 29 07 ? I'm not sure I understand what is going on and I would appreciate if you can take some of your time to discuss it with me.
Thanks in advance
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Mon 05 Oct 2009 01:16:45 PM UTC, comment #7:
The file 'cgps.c' (in your source) is ok, so you can take 'cgps.c' like exemple.
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Mon 05 Oct 2009 05:45:02 AM UTC, comment #6:
I just checked in at CodePlex. You have achieved the remarkable feat of making conformance to your notion of correct licensing more difficult and intrusive than Microsoft does.
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Mon 05 Oct 2009 05:36:48 AM UTC, comment #5:
Since when have you started interfering in the content and licensing practices of the projects applying for your site?
We license under BSD and have been doing so for five years; we have no intention of including a GNU header or GNU copyright notices in our code, as that would create legal exposure for users of our library that we wish to avoid. We follow normal practice for non-GNU projects, in which the project license is specified once in a prominent README or LICENSE file and considered to adhere to the entire distribution.
I was the founding president of the Open Source Initiative and a co-author and for years principal maintainer of the Open Source Definition, and I must say I find being lectured as you have done extremely offensive. You are not a lawyer. Don't pretend to be a lawyer or tell people what is legally required, because you don't know.
I'll put it bluntly: you need to back off of this crap, not just with me but with everyone. Leave project leads to take the measures they think are legally prudent; it is their liability, not yours. You have no business requiring anything beyond an OSD-conformant license, and if you insist on meddling in what doesn't concern you I will spread the word that gna is now being run by legalistic assholes and anyone with sense should stay far, far away from it.
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Mon 05 Oct 2009 03:42:37 AM UTC, comment #4:
All files needs complete licence header like 'cgps.c'
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Mon 05 Oct 2009 03:41:14 AM UTC, comment #3:
License headers required in source code:
Before releasing your project under the license you choose, you
must place copyright notices and permission to copy statements
at the beginning of every file of source code.
In addition, if you haven't already, please copy the plain text
version the license (usually this file is named "COPYING"). The
GPL is available from <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt>.
Additional instructions are available from
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html>, that are usually
valid for libre software licenses.
The GPL FAQ explains why these procedures must be followed. To
learn why a copy of the GPL must be included with every copy of
the code, for example, go to
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude>
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Sat 03 Oct 2009 11:09:38 PM UTC, comment #2:
Er, did you not read the part where we've been an open-source project shipping releaes for 5 years already?
Tarball attached.
(file #6880)
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Sat 03 Oct 2009 04:42:45 PM UTC, comment #1:
Source code required:
Please include an (temporary) URL pointing to the source code,
or attach a tarball to this item.
We wish to review your source code, even if it is not
functional, to catch potential legal issues early.
For example, to release your program properly under the GPL you
must include a copyright notice and statement permitting copying
at the beginning of every file of source code. This is
explained in <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html>. Our
review would help catch potential omissions such as these.
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Sat 03 Oct 2009 05:47:35 AM UTC, original submission:
A new project has been registered at Gna!
This project account will remain inactive until a site admin approves or discards the registration.
Registration Administration
While this item will be useful to track the registration process, approving or discarding the registration must be done using the specific Group Administration page, accessible only to site administrators, effectively logged as site administrators (superuser):
Registration Details
- Name: GPSD, the GPS server daemon
- System Name: gpsd
- Type: Programs
- License: Modified BSD License
Description:
gpsd is an open-source server daemon that handles the messy details of interfacing with GPS sensors and AIS receivers, presenting clean geolocation info on a well-known Internet port. Many open-source geolocation applications rely on it as infrastructure.
Other Comments:
We had been hosted on berlios.de since 2005, but they seem to have gone belly-up.
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