Re: [GtkGLExt] Fwd: Re: GtkGlExt & GTK3

[Carlos Pereira <jose carlos pereira ist utl pt>]

Hi John,
Thank you very much for your interest on this issue!

Regarding the license, of course I agree with you. I just thought it was 
a bit too pretentious to add a detailed legal statement at this stage, 
so I added the public domain notice just to make sure that this is free 
code in all respects.

I am doing some cosmetic cleaning on the code, and I plan to release a 
new version in the next few days. Then I will add a full legal statement 
for each file as you suggested.

Regarding the license, I will have a good look at the license you 
suggested. Other options could be perhaps a double license: BSD for 
everyone who wants to merge this code directly, LGPL for the GTK team (I 
suppose this is the current GTK license?). Does this make sense?

Thank you,
Carlos


On 02/28/2014 07:05 PM, John Darrington wrote:
> I haven't got around to trying it yet, but I've had a good look at it. Seems to be simple
> and compact, which is good.
>
> Just a bit concerned about the license (or lack of).  The README says "released in the public domain".
> I don't know in which country you live, but many jurists are of the opinion that this is impossible in
> many legal systems.   It could cause problems in the future.
>
> If you want to waive all rights, I suggest that you consider thehttp://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/
> license instead, which is designed for such things.
>
> Also, its best to put a license notice (or at least a statement of intention to waive all rights)
> in each of the source files, in case they become separated from the README.
>
>
> Thanks for the code.  I'll try soon.
>
> J'
>
>