Re: [Opengrads-devel] files without license with an author

[Arlindo da S. <da...@al...>]

On Dec 17, 2007 11:33 AM, Wesley Ebisuzaki <Wes...@no...> wrote:
> Arlindo,
>
>    Too verbose for my tastes.  How about
>
>     12/2007  This code is placed into the public domain by the author,
> Wesley Ebisuzaki

This is fine, but I'd add the standard no warranty disclaimer:

 12/2007  This code is placed into the public domain by the author,
Wesley Ebisuzaki.

    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

         Arlindo

>
>             Wesley
>
>
> Arlindo da Silva wrote:
> > On Dec 17, 2007 10:14 AM, Wesley Ebisuzaki <Wes...@no...> wrote:
> >
> >> Pat,
> >>
> >>     The fgutil.c was borrowed from some of my code that is now in the
> >> public domain.
> >> Consequently the code is in the public domain.
> >>
> >
> > OK, in this case I propose we include the following notice I adapted
> > from the wgrib site in file fgutils.c:
> >
> >
> > (c) 1996 Wesley Ebisuzaki
> >
> > This the software in this file is hereby placed into the public domain.  While
> > you could legally do anything you want with the code, telling
> > the world that you wrote it would be uncool.  Selling it would
> > be really uncool.  The code was written for the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis
> > and may not work GRIB files from other sources.  The code,
> > as usual, is not warranted to be fit for any purpose what so ever.
> > Use at your own risk.
> >
> >     Any objections?
> >
> >         Arlindo
> >
> >
> >
> >>            Wesley Ebisuzaki
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike Fiorino wrote:
> >>
> >>> hi arlindo, no problem with me.. thanks /r mike
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 16, 2007 4:55 PM, Arlindo da Silva <da...@al...> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Mike, Wes:
> >>>>
> >>>>    Do you authorize us to add the standard GPL notice on these files?
> >>>> Or else, which license would you prefer?
> >>>>
> >>>>        Arlindo
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>>> From: Patrice Dumas <per...@fr...>
> >>>> Date: Dec 14, 2007 9:47 AM
> >>>> Subject: [Opengrads-devel] files without license with an author
> >>>> To: ope...@li...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> I propose the attached patch for pcx11e.c, which adds the xlibemu
> >>>> license I found in ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/contrib/xlibemu/.
> >>>> Ok to commit?
> >>>>
> >>>> There are still 3 files that have an author and no license:
> >>>>
> >>>> fgbds.c                         Mike Fiorino
> >>>> fgutil.c                        Wesley Ebisuzaki
> >>>> gstmp.c                         Mike Fiorino and ?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Pat
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