<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 7:28 PM, James Cameron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quozl@laptop.org">quozl@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:13:36PM -0500, Bernie Innocenti wrote:<br>
> On 12/30/10 19:30, James Cameron wrote:<br>
> > (By the way, I couldn't find a copyright or license in the code.<br>
> > That makes any contribution ambiguous. Please add a copyright and<br>
> > license so that contributions are welcomed.)<br>
><br>
> While it's still common practice, there's no legal requirement for an<br>
> explicit copyright notice:<br>
<br>
</div>Heh. Common practice wins over requirements, since it makes the intent<br>
as clear as possible.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Also, there's no legal need to repeat the license in each source file.<br>
> Dropping a LICENSE file in the top-level directory is sufficient.<br>
<br>
</div>The GPL has a section on how to apply the license to a program, and it<br>
describes placing a summary of the license in the source.<br>
<br>
It also suggests making the license visible to the user when the program<br>
starts, which I've seen done as stderr, stdout, a GUI splash, or Help -<br>
About menu item. I've not seen Sugar activities do this.<br></blockquote><div><br>It may be worth considering adding an about/help menu item to the Frame icon, just after the View Source menu item. In addition to the license, we could include things like a link to the Activity home page, etc.<br>
<br>-walter<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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James Cameron<br>
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