Re: [IPCop-devel] Remove Smoothwall Credits!

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Mark,

AFAIK the GPL rules and as I remember correctly the discussions 
with George Greve we had some time ago, it is necessary to 
include the copyrights of SW devs in the sources (so we did!), but 
there is really no (legal) need to have a credits page with their 
names on it!

If you see a (legal/liability) problem in having a credits page with 
just the ipcop devs' names and omitting the SW devs' names, so 
why not removing any names on the credits page and just 
mentioning the URLs of SW and IPCop - or even better remove any 
credits page..... 

Ludwig

From:           	Mark Wormgoor <ma...@wo...>
To:             	ipc...@li...
Subject:        	Re: [IPCop-devel] Remove Smoothwall Credits!
Date sent:      	Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:37:16 +0200 (CEST)

> Jack,
> 
> > Remove them.
> > 
> > OR Build a credit page that LIST EVERY CREDIT.
> > 
> > Use the copyright notices in all source modules and only list in
> > order of date then alpha.  That is more than RM ever did.
> 
> There is a very clear distinction in the GPL (article 2) between
> distributing unmodified and modified sources.
> 
> > But since we are GPl, all the copyrights are in placed and can be
> > viewed in the source.  If Richard does not like that, have his
> > "mouthpiece" contact me with the papers.
> 
> By integrating and announcing the software, I may be personally liable
> for taking these actions.  So, I will not be the one to take the
> credits out, nor will I release a version without these credits.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
>  Mark Wormgoor
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