Re: [GNUnet-developers] Re "public domain" headers in GNUnet's website source code

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Alexandros Theodotou transcribed 2.6K bytes:
> Hi,
> 
> Re: our discussion on IRC:
> 
> There are at least two files in the GNUnet website source code that
> have unclear licenses, rendering them proprietary.
> https://git.gnunet.org/www.git/tree/i18nfix.py

This is mostly Taler SAS and work done by whoever you find via git
blame on it (Florian Dold most of it, other fixes by me).

> https://git.gnunet.org/www.git/tree/template.py

Same as above, but adding Marcello, Christian Grothoff, and tg(x).
 
> These files have no license or copyright notices. They simply say that
> "this file is in the public domain". In at least European countries,
> saying that "this file is in the public domain" is not enough to put
> something in the public domain. You have to explicitly use a license
> such as CC0 or WTFPL, otherwise the files are "all rights reserved".

My position is we can make it 0BSD or CC0. WTFPL is mostly nonsense here.
 
> I'm not really sure you can assume that these files are GPL'd either,
> otherwise they'd have a copyright notice. So in effect, these files are
> proprietary. I can't copy them and use them in my (A)GPL project.
>
> For such files, if you want to be lax, the GNU package maintainer
> guidelines generally recommend this:
> """
> Copyright (C) 2019 <name>
> 
> Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
> are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
> notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
> without any warranty.
> """

Would be alright with me, if no one disagrees I'll make the changes
in an appropriate timeframe (beginning of September).
 
> Can we add appropriate headers or footers to the files please?



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