Re: [dev] [dwm] New software: swm & infobary

From: Chris Down <chris_AT_chrisdown.name>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 12:56:01 +0100

Raymond Cole writes:
>Come on, Chris. The conditions dwm's license imposes is "The above
>copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included", not
>"Exactly what parts are copied and their authorship shall be indicated"
>or whatever. (Or if you are giving that as a condition for granting
>relicensing permission, make it clear.)

Please learn how MIT licensing works.

>I suggest considering swm as a new project that borrows code from dwm.
>You see, if you exclude drw.c (for which I don't mind retaining the
>original dwm license if required), about 50% of the code is completely
>original, and another 30% percent was originally based on dwm's code but
>modified enough that it could just as well be original. Must a project
>that borrows code from dwm include dwm's entire git history?

This isn't a negotiation. License compliance isn't a matter of "sufficiency" by
your terms. Restore the Git history, or violate the license: it's as simple as
that.
Received on Sat Oct 26 2024 - 13:56:01 CEST