| Re: copyright practices [message #17351] |
Thu, 07 October 1999 00:00 |
Liam Gumley
Messages: 473
Registered: November 1994
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Kenneth Mankoff <mankoff@nagik.cs.colorado.edu> wrote in message
news:Pine.GHP.4.05.9910062117390.24399-100000@nagik.cs.color ado.edu...
> What are the common practices for distributing softare created in IDL?
Check out the GNU Public License:
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html
> Do i need to give credit to RSI?
If you are distributing IDL source, then the answer is no. It would be like
crediting Kernighan and Ritchie in a C program.
> Can i do the following:
> ;;; (c) 1999 me
As previous posters have said, this is probably insufficient. If you really
want to give away source code, then check out the GPL above.
> What are you doing when you make your programs acecessible to the public?
Write a program.
Test it.
Debug it.
Get your colleagues to test it.
Debug it some more.
Create a web page which
- contains a link to the source code and any required support routines,
- explains what the program does,
- gives examples of how to run the program,
- shows screenshots if necessary,
- explains any restrictions (e.g. IDL version required, cases where it won't
work).
Announce the program in comp.lang.idl-pvwave.
Debug it some more when someone emails you with a bug you never anticipated.
Update the program.
Cheers,
Liam.
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley
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| Re: copyright practices [message #17355 is a reply to message #17351] |
Thu, 07 October 1999 00:00  |
Bruce Bowler
Messages: 128
Registered: September 1998
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Kenneth Mankoff wrote:
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> What are the common practices for distributing softare created in IDL?
> Do i need to give credit to RSI? Can i do the following:
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> ;;; (c) 1999 me
I can't speak about the need for creditting IDL (if you distribute
source you certainly don't need to), but I can say that several years
ago (more than 5 less then 10) when I worked for a concern that was
selling software, we were advised by our coporate legal beagles that (c)
was _not_ an adequate substitute for the "circle C" branding iron. We
either had to spell out "Copyright" or use a suitable abbreviation,
which I think (but don't quote me on this) "copr".
Bruce
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| Re: copyright practices [message #17356 is a reply to message #17351] |
Thu, 07 October 1999 00:00 |
Pavel Romashkin
Messages: 166
Registered: April 1999
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Kenneth Mankoff wrote:
> What are the common practices for distributing softare created in IDL?
> Do i need to give credit to RSI?
Of course, in the form of a purchase of a run-time license!
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