[fpc-devel] Modified LGPL standard notice

Luiz Americo Pereira Camara pascalive at bol.com.br
Tue Dec 26 20:26:17 CET 2006


Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> [...note I cross posted this to the lazarus mailing list, because it
> doesn't really belong in the FPC-devel mailing list...]
>
> OK, I see what you mean, Vincent.  What about... basically the LGPL
> header with the modification.
>

I think is good  enough. I would just add a description and contact tag 
in the header.

The header would be:

<description>
Copyright (C) <year>  <author>
<contact>

> { Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
>
>  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>  under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as 
> published by
>  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at 
> your
>  option) any later version with the following modification:
>
>  As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
>  permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
>  executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 
> modules,
>  and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of
> your choice,
>  provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the 
> terms
> and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a
> module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you 
> modify this
> library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, 
> but
> you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
> exception statement from your version.
>
>  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
> WITHOUT
>  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
>  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public 
> License
>  for more details.
>
>  You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public 
> License
>  along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
>  Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
> }
> --------------------
>
> Regards,
>  - Graeme -
>
>
> On 12/22/06, Vincent Snijders <vsnijders at quicknet.nl> wrote:
>> Graeme Geldenhuys schreef:
>> > Well, look in the file that it standard header points to.  There it
>> > mentions what is different to the standard LGPL.  But yes I agree that
>> > one should insert that notice as part of Lazarus IDE menu options.  It
>> > will be a small change.  If it's not done after Christmas, I'll
>> > implement it next week.  (I'm away for the weekend)
>>
>> I have no problem implementing it, I just want to know what the value
>> should be of the lisModifiedLGPLNotice constant (i.e. what text should
>> be inserted).
>>
>> Vincent
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