[Zope3-dev] Re: [Checkins] SVN: zope.html/trunk/ZopePublicLicense.txt Add the ZPL text.

[Benji York]

[moving this to zope3-dev]

Brian Sutherland wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 07:31:13AM -0400, Benji York wrote:
>> Brian Sutherland wrote:
>>> Log message for revision 77690:
>>>   Add the ZPL text.
>> Why?
> 
> ##############################################################################
> #
> # Copyright (c) 2004 Zope Corporation and Contributors. All Rights Reserved.
> #
> # This software is subject to the provisions of the Zope Public License,
> # Version 2.1 (ZPL).  A copy of the ZPL should accompany this distribution.
> # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
> # WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
> # WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS
> # FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> #
> ##############################################################################
> 
> The important part is:
>      "A copy of the ZPL should accompany this distribution."
> 
> I couldn't care less, but Ubuntu and Debian get very antsy if you ignore
> this point.

Hmm, I'd hate for the license file to pollute the root directory of 
every, single project.  Perhaps we can decide to put it in the src 
directory instead.  Comments?

> We want schooltool to be distributed in Ubuntu, and schooltool depends
> zope.html.
> 
> But actually, now, I see that there is no copyright headers in any file
> in zope.html. So I guess I have to either revert my commit, or add the
> headers.

ZPL headers would be appreciated, thanks.
-- 
Benji York
Senior Software Engineer
Zope Corporation