[Gambas-user] WIP Debian packages Gambas license needs

Benoît Minisini gambas at ...1...
Sat Nov 2 07:10:09 CET 2013


I'm not sure to understand all your mail, because your english is a 
bit...not english. So tell me if I wrong.

Thanks!

Le 01/11/2013 05:30, PICCORO McKAY Lenz a écrit :
> Theres the notes about how must be handle license file and problems,
> the copyright file ofr debian will be a mayor problem if those points are
> not hancled in mayority:
>
> ================================================
> 1) PROBLEMS: ==================================
>
> */Makefile.* autoconf, automake files each file are GPLv2, and Copyright FSF
>
> examples/<prjname>/* none no "license" file, then: asume GPLv2? mus be
> specified in each file source, authors name and email, also year
> copyright, all of this are missing!!!!
>
> app/* GPLv2 ¿?? each prokect has no "license" file as gambas3 project does
> appt/src/doc.cgi/*  none
> appt/src/gb.wiki/*  none
> appt/src/gbs/*  (same gbw) GPLv2 ??? none file found asumme benoit!
> comp/* GPLv2 ?¿¿¿
> comp/src/* none each project here not have license file
>

You mean that each source file must be prefixed with a licence? What a 
nightmare!

Wouldn't it be enough if I add just one LICENSE file for each Gambas 
project?

> db.sdl/data/DejaVuSans.ttf THIS FILE MUST BE REMOVED!  (C) 2006
> Tavmjong Bah ????
> this file has a restricted include file copy for redistribution, also
> (C) 2003 Bitstream Inc license

I didn't notice. So the file must be removed. I have to find a TTF file 
to replace it that respect the GPL. Do you know one?

>
> gb.v4l/orig/video-capture-0.2.tar.gz sources included Copyright 2001
> Nick Andrew <nick at ...3214...> ASK TO DEBIAN FOR THIS included
> compresed file if can be handle as it

What's the problem with that file?

>
> ================================================
> 2) format copyright file for start point =====================
>
> Files: *
> Copyright: 2002-2012, Benoit Minisini <gambas at ...1...>
> License: GPL-2+
>
> Files: appt/src/gambas3/* (IDE) :
> Copyright: 2012 Benoît Minisini, Fabien Bodard, Charlie Reinl, José
> Luis Redrejo, Rober
> t Rowe  <<<< emails must be specified here!!!! and its missing in files >>>>
> License: Dual GPL2+ and SIL open font license:
>           This program 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, or
>           (at your option) any later version.
>
>           The Gambas font is licensed under the SIL Open Font License,
>           Version 1.1. You will find a copy of the license inside the
>           IDE source code, and it is also available with a FAQ at:
>           http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
>
> Files: main/*
> Copyrihgt: 2000-2012 Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...>
> License: GPLv2 <<<seems, but class files only have one line of gambas >>>>
>
>
> Files: examples/*
> Copyright: GPLv2 autors citred but no licenses specified !!!!
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> For the rest of these files must make same:

I don't understand the sentence. Can you explain what you want to mean?

>
> gb.*/* GPLv2 2000,2004,2012 Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...>
> gb.dbus/src/gb.dbus/* ???? none no license file found, asumme Benoit
> misini from top
> gb.desktop/src/gb.desktop/* ???? none no license file found, asumme
> Benoit misini from top
> gb.desktop/src/gb.desktop/xdg* ???? what for this files here ??? Fathi
> Boudra <fabo at ...3215...>,Rex Dieter
> <rdieter at ...3216...>,Kevin Krammer
> <kevin.krammer at ...3217...>,Jeremy White <jwhite at ...3218...>
> gb.cairo/* GPLv2 Copyright Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...>
> gb.cryp/* GPLv2 Copyright Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...>
> gb.db.*/* GPLv2 Copyright Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...>
> gb.net.smtp/* GPLv2 Copyright 2000,2012 Benoît Minisini
> <gambas at ...1...>
> gb.db.odbc/* GPLv2 Copyright Andrea Bortolan <andrea_bortolan at ...325...>
> gb.db.postgres/* GPLv2 Copyright Bruce Bruen <bbruen at ...2308...>
> gb.db.sqlite*/* GPLv2 Copyright Ngel Gerrard,Daniel Campos Fernandez
> <danielcampos at ...282...>
> gb.gsl/* GPLv2 Copyright Randal Morgan <rmorgan62 at ...626...>
> gb.gtk/src/opengl/* GPLv2 Copyright Benoît Minisini
> <gambas at ...1...>
> gb.image.*/* GPLv2 Copyright 2012 Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...>
> gb.jit/* GPLv2 2012 Emil Lenngren <emil.lenngren [at] gmail.com>
> gb.ncurses/* GPLv2 Copyright (C) 2012 Tobias Boege <tobias at ...3219...>
>
> gb.compress.*/* GPLv2 Copyright  Daniel Campos Fernandez
> <danielcampos at ...282...
> gb.gtk/* GPLv2 2005 Copyright Daniel Campos Fernandez
> <danielcampos at ...282...
> gb.net.*/* GPLv2 2003,2004,2005,2008 Copyright Daniel Campos Fernandez
> <danielcampos at ...282...
> gb.pdf/* GPLv2 Copyrighs: ???? Ian Haywood; 2005,2007 Copyright Daniel
> Campos Fernandez <danielcampos at ...282...
>
> gb.opengl/* GPLv2 2005-2007 Laurent Carlier <lordheavy at ...1...>
> gb.qt4/src/opengl/* GPLv2 Copyright 2006 Lauren Carlier
> <lordheavy at ...1...>
>
>
> gb.sdl*/* GPLv2 2006 Laurent Carlier <lordheavy at ...1...>
> gb.sdl.sound/? GPLv2 ???? Ahmad Kahmal ????
> db.sdl/data/DejaVuSans.ttf THIS FILE MUST BE REMOVED C 2003 Bitstream
> Inc license
>
> gb.pre/* 2004 Rob Kudla pcre-component at ...94.../Benoit 2000-2012
>
>
> gb.qt4/* GPLv2 Copyrights: 2012 Benoit
> gb.qt4/csvimage.* GPLv2 Copyrigh 2004-2006 Daniel Campos Fernandez
> <danielcampos at ...282...
> gb.qt4/src/ext/* GPLv2 Copyright ???? Nigel Gerrard
>
> gb.v4l/* GPL 2005-2008 Daniel Campos Fernandez <danielcampos at ...282...
> gb.v4l/orig/video-capture-0.2.tar.gz sources included Copyright 2001
> Nick Andrew <nick at ...3214...> ASK TO DEBIAN FOR THIS
> gb.v4l/gv4l2.c* GPL 2009 Gareth Bult <gareth at ...1689...>
> gb.v4l/CConverters.c GPL 2012 Benoit Minisini
>
> gb.xml/* GPL Copyright 2012 Adrien Prokopowicz <prokopy at ...1...>
> gb.xml/src/rpc/* ???? Daniel Campos Fernandez <danielcampos at ...282...
> gb.xml/src/xslt/* Copyrihgts: 2004 Daniel Campos Fernandez
> <danielcampos at ...282...>, GPL Copyright 2012 Adrien Prokopowicz
> <prokopy at ...1...>
>
>
> gb.httpd/* GPLv2 Copyright 1995,2000 by Jef Poskanzer <jef at ...3220...>
> gb.httpd/main.c GPLv2 Copyright 2012 Benoît Minisini
> <gambas at ...1...>
> gb.httpd/*thttpd.h restricted own Copyright 1995,2000 by Jef Poskanzer
> <jef at ...3220...>
> gb.httpd/version.h none header found, Copyright 1995,2000 by Jef
> Poskanzer <jef at ...3220...>
> gb.httpd/mime_*.h none header found, Copyright 1995,2000 by Jef
> Poskanzer <jef at ...3220...>
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>
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>


-- 
Benoît Minisini




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