Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of FreeTable

[Loic Dachary]

Tomasz Wegrzanowski writes:
 > On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 12:13:49PM +0100, Loic Dachary wrote:
 > >    Hi,
 > > 
 > >    From the 2.0 distribution I only saw a copyright notice in the
 > > "freetable" file and the distribution does not contain a copy of the
 > > license. Maybe the 2.1 fixed these issues ?
 > >    
 > >    Could you please submit your project again with a pointer to
 > > the latest code release and/or when the license is clarified ?
 > 
 > Currently file 'copyright' for Debian binary distribution is
 > extracted from 'freetable' file by Makefile during package build.
 > 
 > Should whole text of GPL be included, or is this note that
 > is currently in debian/copyright file enough ?


        There should be a copy of the whole GNU GPL, yes. I think this
text will clarify what is needed. Let us know if you need more
information.

        Cheers,

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  If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.

  To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
    Copyright (C) 19yy  <name of author>

    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 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

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    GNU General Public License for more details.

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    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.

If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
when it starts in an interactive mode:

    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.

The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.

You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:

  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
  `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.

  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
  Ty Coon, President of Vice

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