[task #16584] Submission of StoneValley

[Ineiev]

Follow-up Comment #21, task #16584 (group administration):


> I will make it clearer in the following text:
> 
> The redistributors may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code
as
> they receive it, in
> any medium, provided that the redistributors conspicuously and appropriately
> publish on each
> copy an appropriate copyright notice; keep intact all notices stating that
> GPL License and any non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 of
> GPL license apply to the code; keep intact all notices of the absence of any
> warranty; and give all recipients a copy of GPL License along with the
> Program.

Thank you!

So including a copy of the GPL in the distribution is a requirement
of the LGPL.  Giving users a copy of the license is important in order
to make they know their rights, that's why the license requires it.

Do you think including a copy of the LGPL is a requirement as well?

> > [*] This is another basic thing you must understand very well.
> > Please list the situations you can think of when you will be
> > the copyright holder of some work, and when you won't.
> 
> The situation that I will be the copyright holder of a work is that:
> 1st, I am the author of the work, I created the whole work.
> 2nd, I got a copyright disclaimer from my employer or school, and I claim
that
> I am the copyright holder.
> 
> The situation that I won't be a legal copyright holder of a work is that
there
> is no explicit text of the work claimed that I am the copyright holder,
> neither I did not get a copyright disclaimer from my employer or school.

I'd like to point out a few things.

First, the copyright notices are secondary.  They may be outdated
(when the copyright is transferred to another person), wrong or absent,
such things don't change the actual copyright holder.   Basically,
the original copyright holders are people who make the work
unless it's work for hire (depending on the jurisdiction, that
concept may include works of students); then the copyright may be
assigned to other people or organization through some legal paperwork.

Now let us clarify what kinds of legal notices exist, and what
files should include them.  What are your ideas about that?



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