Re: [LAU] Yamaha Disklavier Pro grand piano

On Thursday 18 September 2008 03:11:14 Roberto Gordo Saez wrote:
> I'm replying to myself for clarifying this:
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:57:52PM +0200, Roberto Gordo Saez wrote:
> > Some licenses like the GPL requires the
> > software to carry an appropriate copyright notice, and suggest to place
> > a notice in every file. I'm not sure it is a legal requirement of the
> > GPL to place a notice in every file [...]
>
> That paragraph is over-simplified, there are many other things to take
> into account. First one and most important is that the author is not
> bounded by the GPL terms, so the requirement to place notices in the
> files when they are changed can only be really enforced for
> contributors.

Well..... but does the author remain THE author once there are other
contributions in that file?
>
> I think it is always a good idea to place the license in every file,
> though.
>
> You found that the commercial exception is not included in the notices
> in source files (I never look into linuxsampler sources myself), and
> I completely agree that it is confusing. They should have placed the
> notice there as well. As you said, authors would not be happy if you
> try to use this fact to fork it under pure GPL, their intentions are
> clearly different, and I prefer to respect their opinion and either
> accept or reject their conditions. Also, I personally think that it
> would not be legal, but if you are willing to try the fork, go
> for it :-)

all the best,

drew

_______________________________________________
Linux-audio-user mailing list
Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
Received on Thu Sep 18 16:15:02 2008