From help-request at octave dot org Wed Mar  2 10:13:47 2005
Subject: Re: Applying the GPL (or any license) to your code
From: Stefan van der Walt <stefan at sun dot ac dot za>
To: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
Cc: Octave users list <help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:19:32 +0200

Hi John

Octave still expects the "This is free software"-string for scripts.
Can this be changed to allow the use of FreeBSD or similar
licenses?

Regards
Stefan

On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 10:48:42AM -0500, John W. Eaton wrote:
> Recently, I've seen many instances of people who intend to release
> their code under the GPL simply adding a single line to each file,
> usually something like
> 
>   ## This file is covered by the GPL.
> 
> or
> 
>   ## License: GNU GPL <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> 
> The latter is slightly better, as it at least points to a location
> where the text of the license can be found (at least for today -- what
> will happen when that address is no longer valid?) but neither
> statement is complete.
> 
> The proper way to distribute your code under the terms of the GPL is
> described in an appendix to the GPL.  Directions and some explanation
> about them may also be found here:
> 
>   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-howto.html
> 
> I am not a lawyer, but I think it's important to follow these
> guidelines carefully.  With the recommended text, there is a clear
> copyright statement, disclaimer of warranty, and information about
> where to find the license if it was not distributed with the code.
> I encourage everyone who develops code for Octave to follow these
> guidelines.  Even if you choose a different license, I suspect a
> variation of these guidelines applies.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jwe
> 
> 
> 
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