[GRASS-dev] Re: R: [GRASS-PSC] SVN Write Access Request

[Hamish]

Marco:
> >> 2) branches/develbranch_6/win32
> >>  
> >> the folder where i put all the scripts and files
> >> needed to prepare the release installer (as an exe file).
> 
> >why refer to 32bit in the dirname?
> 
> Good question; actually I named it as I'm used in my
> windows projects, because I build on a 32 system;
> BTW, I don't know if MSYS/MinGW + NSIS are available
> even for Win64...
> For me it's the same... We can call it just
> "Windows"

too generic- we use X-windows and rastr regions are call "windows" internally. why not just use the same as on the website: mswindows?


> >> Just few questions: all the files (dos batch scripts, the
> >> NSIS script, icons and documents) are made by me, with the
> >> exception of:
> >>  
> >> 2.1) the bmp files (4) for the installer GUI,
> >> taken from the standard 
> >> library of NSIS (that is OS, obviously)
> 
> > it may be "open source", but that means 1001 different things, many
> > of which we can not touch. what is the license exactly? are
> > those 4 files distributed under terms compatible with the GPL?
> > If not GPL is it one of the OSI usual-suspects approved set?
> 
> From the NSIS official web site:
> 
> Applicable licenses
> --------------------------------------
> 
> * All NSIS source code, plug-ins, documentation, examples,
> header files and
> graphics, with the exception of the compression modules and
> where otherwise
> noted, are licensed under the zlib/libpng license.
> * The zlib compression module for NSIS is licensed under
> the zlib/libpng
> license.
> * The bzip2 compression module for NSIS is licensed under
> the bzip2 license.
> * The lzma compression module for NSIS is licensed under
> the Common Public
> License version 1.0. 
> 
> zlib/libpng license
> --------------------------------------
> 
> This software is provided 'as-is', without any
> express or implied warranty.
> In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
> arising from the
> use of this software.
> 
> Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for
> any purpose,
> including commercial applications, and to alter it and
> redistribute it
> freely, subject to the following restrictions:
> 
> 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented;
> you must not
> claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this
> software in a
> product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation
> would be appreciated
> but is not required.
> 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such,
> and must not be
> misrepresented as being the original software.
> 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any
> source distribution.
> 
> About the above mentioned terms:
> 
> 1. done:
> http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/binary/mswindows/native/#Install%20GRASS
> 2. I didn't altered the source, I'm using only the
> binaries
> 3. We are not distributing the source code
> 
> >> 2.2) a small part of the installer, a function to let replace
> >> parts of strings; I just copied and pasted it, maintaining
> >> the header, where is clear the line ";Written by [author]"
> 
> > what license terms did the author provide it with? you can not
> > just cut and paste things from the internet or "cook books",
> > even with attribution. is it a simple one-liner that is hard
> > to write any other way, or is it an original work?
> > without a clear license you can not distribute the code.
> 
> I found it on the wiki/examples section of NSIS site
> http://nsis.sourceforge.net/StrRep
> Since it's an example it lays in the zlib/libpng
> license mentioned  above.
> In particular, as I didn't modified the code, it
> respects all the terms in it.

as "examples from website" is clearly put in the license statement,
it seems like no extra effort is required there.


Hamish