Re: [Gnash-dev] [patch] server/font.cpp: proper memory deletion

[Rob Savoye]

Bastiaan Jacques wrote:
> I noticed the file I edited is in the public domain. Does this mean that
> my changes are now also in the public domain, or are they GPL-licensed,
> like Gnash itself? (And if so, should the license header be modified?)

  Well, this is a fuzzy thing. Basically a minor change to a file 
leaves it public domain, but more extensive changes force it to become 
GPL'd. Many files have had enough changes that they have become GPL'd, 
but anything I haven't really done anything have remained PD for now. I 
don't believe there is a firm threshold to judge when this change 
happens which is a little difficult for us maintainers. All the PD files 
are left from GameSWF, which Gnash is based on. Ultimately all of the 
old files in Gnash will become GPL'd as I work my way through 
redesigning more than a few things...

  My guess was fixing these warnings would be considered a minor 
change, but I'm open to discussion. At least at this point the majority 
of the files in Gnash are GPL'd, as it's now diverged pretty heavily 
from GameSWF.

        - rob -