[Dune] Re: [Dune-CVS] dune-web r262 - layout

[Sven Marnach]

Hi,

there seems to be confusion about the wording of the licence.  I added
a correct version of the licence exception to the README and COPYING
files in all of the DUNE modules (well, at least in trunk, but Markus
merged them to the release version).  In current SVN, the README files
contain the old version of the exception again, while the COPYING file
there is the new (and ultimate) version.  Christian and me copied this
new version to the web page as well, so there should have been a
correct version (but obviously, there wasn't).  Now there is a third
version which slightly differs from the one in the COPYING file.

I would suggest to stick with the wording in COPYING:

   As a special exception, you may use the DUNE source files as part
   of a software library or application without restriction.
   Specifically, if other files instantiate templates or use macros or
   inline functions from one or more of the DUNE source files, or you
   compile one or more of the DUNE source files and link them with
   other files to produce an executable, this does not by itself cause
   the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public
   License.  This exception does not however invalidate any other
   reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU General
   Public License.

If there are no objections, I will update all places where the license
appears (web page, README, COPYING).

Greetings,
    Sven

sander at dune-project.org schrieb am Do, 12. Apr 2007, um 12:26:19 +0200:
> Author: sander
> Date: 2007-04-12 12:26:19 +0200 (Thu, 12 Apr 2007)
> New Revision: 262
> 
> Modified:
>    layout/license.wml
> Log:
> write the license in proper English



> Modified: layout/license.wml
> ===================================================================
> --- layout/license.wml	2007-04-05 12:29:29 UTC (rev 261)
> +++ layout/license.wml	2007-04-12 10:26:19 UTC (rev 262)
> @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
>     As a special exception, you may use the DUNE source files as part of a
>     free software library without restriction.  Specifically, if other
>     files instantiate templates or use macros or inline functions
> -   from one or more of the DUNE source file, or you compile one or
> +   from one or more of the DUNE source files, or you compile one or
>     more of the DUNE source files and link them with other files to
> -   produce an executable, this the DUNE source files used do  not by
> +   produce an executable, these uses of the DUNE source files do not by
>     themselves cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU
>     General Public License.  This exception does not however invalidate
>     any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by 
> 
> 
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