Re: gEDA-dev: GPL clarification text -- please review & comment/flame!

[DJ Delorie <dj-at-NOSPAMdelorie_dot_com>]

> Where do you put this text reference?  In the footprint file itself,
> or on the web page where you download the footprint?

http://www.gedasymbols.org/style.html under "Copyrights" although that
will likely get edited as a result of this discussion.

Also, footprints support the new Attribute() syntax:

Element[ . . . ]
{
	Attribute("use-license" "Unlimited")
	Attribute("dist-license" "GPL")
}

The web server extracts all those types of attributes/comments, and
displays them on the web page.

> > We use "dist-license" for the first, and "use-license" for
> > (ambiguously) the second and/or third, depending on your
> > interpretation of copyright law.
> 
> OK, what licence do you use for dist vs. which for use?  Does GPL
> cover both, perhaps with an exemption for the user license?

Personally?  I use GPL for dist, and unlimited for use.  See
http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/dj_delorie/footprints/nvsemi/r8c_17.fp
for an example.


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