Re: notices for CC0

[Ineiev]

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 07:45:41AM -0400, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>    > As to what Creative Commons and FSF recommend for non-GNU projects is
>    > kinda not relevant to what GNU projects are recommended to do by the
>    > FSF.
> 
>    So should GNU maintainers add copyright lines to CC0d files? 
> 
> GNU maintainers should ask the FSF/legal@ what license is most prudent
> to use.

What wasn't clear for me is whether they should add copyright lines
to CC0d files written by other people, unrelated to GNU, who followed
FSF's recommendations for non-GNU projects.

>    what about non-gnu Savannah programs?
> 
> Savannah has guidelines as to what licenses are accepted.

CC0 is GPL-compatible.

>    which recommendation applies to them?
> 
> http://savannah.gnu.org/register/requirements.php

It says that there should be valid license notices, but doesn't mention
copyright notices; are they optional?

>    what should the hosting requirement be (we routinely point to GNU
>    Maintainer Info to tell how software should be packaged)?
> 
> Who is we?

Savannah admins who evaluate new registered projects on Savannah.

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