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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi Bas,<br><br>okay, I've used your patches and changed a few places <br>where the wrong name or date was used.<br>Do you think that the sources are ok now?<br><br>Gerd<br><br><div>> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:36:43 +0100<br>> From: sebastic@xs4all.nl<br>> To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] splitter license & copyright<br>> <br>> Hi Gerd,<br>> <br>> On 01/10/2015 07:17 AM, Gerd Petermann wrote:<br>> > I must confess that I don't care about the licence as long<br>> > as I am the author. I'd be happy to hear that someone else<br>> > can use a copy of my work, also if it is for commercial purposes.<br>> > If I code an algo that is described somewhere I try to point out the source,<br>> > and I avoid to copy copyrighted sources as I am not able<br>> > to understand lawyers speach (neither in English nor in German).<br>> <br>> While the GPL-3 doesn't prevent commercial use, it allows charging money<br>> for the software (distribution), but also requires that any derivative<br>> works are licensed under the GPL-3 too. This limits the use of the GPL-3<br>> code in proprietary software, because if it incorporates GPL-3 code it's<br>> a derivative work and licensed under the GPL-3 too as soon as it's<br>> distributed.<br>> <br>> As long as you're the sole copyright holder to a source file, you always<br>> have the option to license a copy differently for commercial purposes.<br>> If you're not the sole copyright holder, the other copyright holders<br>> need to consent to a different license.<br>> <br>> > I do not want to put my full name<br>> > into the sources because I don't like to find myself with search engines like<br>> > Google, so I use GerdP instead. <br>> > If that is a problem this can be changed, but I'd prefer something like<br>> > "Copyright (C) 20xx by the splitter contributors"<br>> > if we have to state a copyright at all.<br>> <br>> I'm not sure why you don't like to find your Free Software contributions<br>> with search engines. While I also prefer to be an invisible force behind<br>> the scenes, this is difficult to achieve in Free Software projects that<br>> operate out in the open. Consistent use of an alias in all your<br>> communications is about the only way to go, as many do in the Tor and<br>> wider InfoSec community for example.<br>> <br>> Assigning your copyright to Steve specifically or the splitter<br>> contributors more generally is an option if your don't wish to be named.<br>> Although your contributions to mkmap are well known thanks to your list<br>> activity.<br>> <br>> Kind Regards,<br>> <br>> Bas<br>> <br>> -- <br>> GPG Key ID: 4096R/E88D4AF1<br>> Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mkgmap-dev mailing list<br>> mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk<br>> http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev<br></div> </div></body>
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