[Sugar-devel] license of layout.py in Sugar Calculate activity

[James Cameron]

That's almost correct.  The license should be after the copyright.  So
move line 17 to line 2.  ;-}

On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 10:47:00AM +0530, Aneesh Dogra wrote:
> Here you go:
> [1]https://github.com/lionaneesh/sugarlabs-calculate/commit/
> 8df47288de11b9fdc61e4811515110f7b44ee925
> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:34 AM, James Cameron <[2]quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
>     G'day Aneesh,
> 
>     Thanks for coming back to us on this.
> 
>     Yes, you can do something, and you are the only person who can do it,
>     because you are the copyright owner.
> 
>     You just have to edit a file.
> 
>     As an example of a good file, look at plotlib.py, see how it has both
>     a copyright (line 2) and a license (lines 4-16).
> 
>     [3]https://github.com/lionaneesh/sugarlabs-calculate/blob/sugar-0.94/
>     plotlib.py
> 
>     It is the layout.py file with a problem.
> 
>     [4]https://github.com/lionaneesh/sugarlabs-calculate/blob/sugar-0.94/
>     layout.py
> 
>     Clone the source code in your git repository
>     [5]https://github.com/lionaneesh/sugarlabs-calculate
> 
>     Open the file layout.py, edit it, add the license, commit the changes,
>     and then push to your repository.
> 
>     That's all!
> 
>     If you can't push for some reason, you can prepare a git patch and
>     post it as a reply.  As long as it comes from you.
> 
>     References:
> 
>     [6]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2015-June/050399.html
>    
>     On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 12:15:11PM +0530, Aneesh Dogra wrote:
>     > Hello all,
>     >
>     > Sorry. I was on a long vacation. Getting back on my emails now. Can I do
>     > something about this?
>     >
>     > On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Gonzalo Odiard <[1][7]
>     godiard at sugarlabs.org>
>     > wrote:
>     >
>     >     I am afraid you will find many other activities where the license
>     notation
>     >     is 
>     >     in the same state. 
>     >     If the current maintainer can't solve the problem, I have nothing to
>     do,
>     >     but then don't complain :)
>     >
>     >     Gonzalo
>     >
>     >     On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:39 PM, James Cameron <[2][8]
>     quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
>     >
>     >         I'm with Jonas on this.
>     >
>     >         The fault is a copyright statement in a work without a license,
>     and
>     >         yes, only the original copyright owner can correct it.
>     >
>     >         In my opinion, that correction can be a mail reply from the
>     original
>     >         copyright owner saying "Gonzalo, please add this license short
>     text",
>     >         or "Gonzalo, please remove the copyright line."
>     >
>     >         (Best is the first).
>     >
>     >         Or it can be a patch.
>     >
>     >         But it's not something the new maintainer can _ever_ do, alone.
>     >
>     >         I now have to reconsider inclusion of this activity.  Don't let
>     that
>     >         happen again!  ;-)
>     >
>     >         --
>     >         James Cameron
>     >         [3][9]http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     --
>     >     Gonzalo Odiard
>     >
>     >     SugarLabs - Software for children learning 
>     >
>     > --
>     > Regardless, I hope you're well and happy -
>     > Aneesh
>     >
>     > References:
>     >
>     > [1] mailto:[10]godiard at sugarlabs.org
>     > [2] mailto:[11]quozl at laptop.org
>     > [3] [12]http://quozl.linux.org.au/
> 
>     --
>     James Cameron
>     [13]http://quozl.linux.org.au/
> 
> --
> Regardless, I hope you're well and happy -
> Aneesh
> 
> References:
> 
> [1] https://github.com/lionaneesh/sugarlabs-calculate/commit/8df47288de11b9fdc61e4811515110f7b44ee925
> [2] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [3] https://github.com/lionaneesh/sugarlabs-calculate/blob/sugar-0.94/plotlib.py
> [4] https://github.com/lionaneesh/sugarlabs-calculate/blob/sugar-0.94/layout.py
> [5] https://github.com/lionaneesh/sugarlabs-calculate
> [6] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2015-June/050399.html
> [7] mailto:godiard at sugarlabs.org
> [8] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [9] http://quozl.linux.org.au/
> [10] mailto:godiard at sugarlabs.org
> [11] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [12] http://quozl.linux.org.au/
> [13] http://quozl.linux.org.au/

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/