Re: [JPP-Devel] Copyright header

2007-09-18 Thread Stefan Steiniger
my 2 cents: do what you want, but the GPL notice is necessary. I personally add my own name for the copyright... because one never knows if one can need the code for something else. stefan Pedro Doria Meunier schrieb: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Everyone > > T

Re: [JPP-Devel] Copyright header

2007-09-18 Thread Pedro Doria Meunier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Everyone This topic again? If you don't mind me asking... what's the need to discuss copyrights again? Is there a **need** for it? I, for once, agree with Landon on his last remark: neutral, 3rd party, licensing ... Shoot me for perhaps being a

Re: [JPP-Devel] Copyright header

2007-09-18 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
That works for me Paul. I'm not going to push the copyright issue until someone else feels that it is important. The Sunburned Surveyor On 9/18/07, Paul Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to use the following header for my new classes, if at some > point JPP becomes an actual Organizat

Re: [JPP-Devel] Copyright header

2007-09-18 Thread Paul Austin
I'm going to use the following header for my new classes, if at some point JPP becomes an actual Organization then I'll be happy to use that instead. /* * The Open Java Unified Mapping Platform (OpenJUMP) is an extensible

Re: [JPP-Devel] Copyright header

2007-09-18 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Paul, If you want to have a standard copyright holder maybe we could say something like: "Copyright held by Vivid Solutions and other contributors." SS On 9/18/07, Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I copyright everything we write in our company's name (ISA). Since > everything is GPL,

Re: [JPP-Devel] Copyright header

2007-09-18 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Paul, This question does not have a simple answer. I'll do my best to provide an explanation. Vivid Solutions holds the copyright for all of the original JUMP source code. Most code in OpenJUMP that is not part of the original JUMP code is held by the respective programmers or their organizations

Re: [JPP-Devel] Copyright header

2007-09-18 Thread Larry Becker
I copyright everything we write in our company's name (ISA). Since everything is GPL, I think the important thing is for someone to claim copyright, since only the copyright holder can relicense. regards, Larry On 9/18/07, Paul Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a standard copyright he