On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:36:15 -0700, David Harvey
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Oct 14, 2006, at 6:22 PM, William Stein wrote:
>> Since you think it is a poor choice, I better respond.
>> My impression is that in fact the SAGE developers who want
>> to keep copyright do understand "how difficult this might make
>> it in the future to incorporate their work into software with
>> different licensing conditions." In fact, that difficulty
>> is precisely what they want. A major reason they are motivated
>> and willing to contribute their code to SAGE (under the GPL), is
>> that they know beyond a doubt that their work can never be
>> incorporated into a commercial product, (etc.), even if I
>> totally sold out and tried to do so.
>>
>> SAGE developers -- what do you all think?
>
> If it wasn't GPL, I probably wouldn't be contributing.
>
> That's not to say I couldn't be persuaded to release certain things
> under a less restrictive license. I just feel the GPL is the safest
> default option for me in terms of protecting my time investment. I
> guess for me it's important for the same reason that attribution is
> so important in academic circles.
For the record, I feel exactly the same way. I also worry frequently
that contributors to SAGE aren't be attributed enough. If any of you
ever feel any of your contributions are not properly acknowledged,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
And definitely, fill in an "AUTHOR: " line in the docstrings for
functions you write.
In particular, if you're not listed here
http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ack.html
and should be, let me know. Or if I should add more next to your
name, let me know.
-- William
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