[PATCH app-transset] COPYING: make the content reflect the copyright statements in source code

[Daniel Forchheimer]

Hi Arnaud, Gaetan and Bart

I wrote several patches for transset which I released as transset-df. I would suspect that around 50% of transset-df is my code, the rest was there from before (transSet.c in xapps) and a few lines have been send to me as patches to transset-df. 

When I started writing my patches the file transSet.c had the following in the header.
By Matthew Hawn
Use however you want. I can't stop you.

I wanted to honor the original contributor and not impose anything stricter like GPL or even MIT so in my version it says:
Licence: Use however you want.

I don't know the legal status of such a message but my intensions and interpretation has been that I allow anyone to do any thing they want. No right of any kind is claimed. I can definitely say that: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

Do let me know if there is anything else I need to do for Arnaud to be able to proceed. But really, he has my consent to do whatever he feels is necessary. 

Regards
Daniel

On Feb 1, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Bart Massey wrote:

> Uh, if the code's keithp's or dstone's or somebody like that, just ask
> them to fix it. They will likely respond both promptly and positively.
> --Bart
> 
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 12-01-26 09:19 PM, Arnaud Fontaine wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca> writes:
>>> 
>>>> The author  of the code  should submit a  patch to clarify  his rights
>>>> over  the  code.  The  X.Org  preferred  license  can be  found  here:
>>>> http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/xorg-docs/License.html#id2521948
>>> That would be great indeed.
>>> 
>>>> The  role  of the  COPYING  file  is  to  reflect (or  summarize)  the
>>>> copyright statements  in the  source code. Currently  it is  wrong. If
>>>> this patch  makes it correct,  it should be  applied. If and  when the
>>>> source code changes,  the COPYING file would need to  be updated again
>>>> (business as usual).
>>> I agree  with you, but  the patch you  sent only reflects  the copyright
>>> statements of a part of dsimple.{c,h}.
>> So we agree in principle, what other Copyright statements have I missed?
>> I admit I do not read each source file but I do a grep on "Copyright".
>> If there are none, then that is the end of it.
>> 
>> I don't search for missing copyright statements, typos, or for any
>> comment that could be interpreted as a copyright like "public domain" or
>> "do what you want". I don't know how to handle these or if they have any
>> legal significance.
>> 
>> That's the limit of my understanding :-)
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>> 
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