Greetings for team and all the developers!
It is my first message and I'm sorry it carries a kind of warning.
Soon 14701 act by US government will be applied to all GPL licensed
software. Appending all dwm developers to the list of authors of some
GPL licensed software may have unattended consequences for them later
in the future. I'm not a lawyer but want to warn.
Best regards and huge thanks for dwm, st, dmenu and other precise software!
--jazzbiker
пт, 25 жовт. 2024 р. о 16:42 Raymond Cole <rc_AT_wolog.xyz> пише:
>
> On 24/10/25 12:55PM, Hiltjo Posthuma wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 08:11:28AM +0000, Raymond Cole wrote:
> > > Hello developers,
> > >
> > > I made a new window manager and an accompanying status program:
> > >
> > > https://wolog.xyz/repos/swm
> > > https://wolog.xyz/repos/infobar
> > >
> > > May someone check them out and share opinions?
> > >
> > > I am an undergraduate majoring in math and I am about to apply to
> > > computer-related graduate programs. swm and infobar are fruits of my
> > > recent years' devotion to software freedom, and I hope they can be an
> > > important part of my applications. So I am seeking your opinions in
> > > the hope of proving my works' value.
> > >
> > > The README of swm is a little long, but you can skip to the "Layout
> > > Description Language" section and see if that interests you. And don't
> > > overlook infobar.
> > >
> > > By the way, I license swm under GPL, and clarify in source files that
> > > portions of code that come from dwm are still licensed the same as dwm.
> > > I think it would be neater if I could relicense dwm derived code under
> > > GPL, but for that I need permission from dwm developers. Once given
> > > the permission, I will put the following to source files:
> > >
> > > > Based in part on dwm, as developed by Anselm R. Garbe et al. Permission
> > > > to distribute dwm derived code under the GNU General Public License
> > > > has been granted, provided that this notice is retained.
> > >
> > > So, dwm developers, how do you like it? Do I need to get permissions
> > > from all of you listed in dwm's LICENSE file, or maybe someone can act
> > > as a representative?
> > >
> > > Looking forward to your responses.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Raymond Cole
> > >
> >
> > Please include the LICENSE, also see the part:
> >
> > "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
> > all copies or substantial portions of the Software."
> >
> > The current license _reference_ is insufficient. The license text must be
> > included.
> >
> > The licenses suckless use are very permissive already, please satisfy these
> > small requirements.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards,
> > Hiltjo
> >
>
> Hi Hiltjo,
>
> My bad. I thought of that notice as transitional so didn't treat it
> very rigorously. I've updated swm to meet the requirement.
>
> I realize that the previous deal of including that piece of notice
> in exchange of relicensing might be considered quite insufficient by
> you guys. Here's another deal: I copy the names from dwm's MIT LICENSE
> file to swm's GPL LICENSE file, append my name to it and, in source files,
> reference the LICENSE file for copyright details. What do you think?
>
> Kind regards,
> Raymond
>
Received on Fri Oct 25 2024 - 15:40:18 CEST