[haiku-development] Re: AboutSystem window credits (was: Testing the poll)
- From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:59:15 +0200
On 2008-08-30 at 03:30:38 [+0200], Jorge Mare <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
> If the project allows individual authors to retain the copyright of
> their code, then the coding guidelines should be adjusted accordingly,
Agreed.
> and the (c) disclaimers should reflect the results of this policy.
Most source code (written by Haiku developers) doesn't include disclaimers.
It only states the copyright and references the license, which in turn
contains the standard disclaimer. Maybe I misunderstood what you were
referring to.
> Furthermore, since it does not seem possible to have Haiku Inc. as the
> sole holder of the copyright to the code (which I understand from what
> you said was tried but did not work), I don't think there is a good
> reason to mention Haiku Inc. at the top of the AboutSystem window. The
> about window already has a Copyrights section (underneath the list of
> leads/developers/contributors), and a disclaimer there along the lines
> of...
>
> "The copyright to the Haiku code is property of Haiku Inc. or of the
> respective author(s) where expressly noted in the source."
>
> ...sounds more accurate (this may not be the best English or legal
> lingo, but you get the idea).
+1
CU, Ingo
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