[Ctk-developers] CTK license and copyright

Steve Pieper pieper at ibility.net
Thu Jul 14 03:11:11 UTC 2011 

Touche!

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin <
jchris.fillionr at kitware.com> wrote:

> Steve,
>
>  I noticed that you updated some files with the proper copyright (Isomics,
> Inc).
> See
> https://github.com/commontk/CTK/commit/16404dfd91721a638ffed1f9ec9fadcbe591335e
>
> Note: Having already started and published a topic named
> fix-license-header, it would have been "better" to checkout that topic, add
> your commit and publish your commit back on your fork ...  :p
> See
> https://github.com/commontk/CTK/commit/16404dfd91721a638ffed1f9ec9fadcbe591335e
>
> I will go ahead and integrate that topic.
>
> Thanks
> Jc
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin <
> jchris.fillionr at kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I added a license on all *.h and *.cpp files.
>>
>> See https://github.com/jcfr/CTK/compare/master...fix-license-header
>>
>> //-----------------------------------
>> Note: I added the appropriate license using the following script to
>> determine the first author.
>>
>>  for i in `cat headers.txt`; \
>>   do a=`git log --follow --format="%an" $i  | tail -n 1`;\
>>   echo "$a --- $i"; \
>> done
>>
>> //-----------------------------------
>> Few questions:
>>
>> * What is the best practice regarding python script ? How should we
>> integrate the license ? docstring, ... ?
>>
>> * The files authored by Steve Pieper mention "Kitware, Inc." in the
>> copyright.
>>
>> Steve> I believe the license in these files is a byproduct of copy/paste.
>> Do you want to keep it like that of should we change it ? Would you prefer
>> "Isomics, Inc." instead ?
>>
>> To get the list of files authored by Steve Pieper, the following could be
>> done:
>>
>> for i in `find . -type f -path '.git' -prune -o -print`; \
>>   do a=`git log --follow --format="%an" $i  | tail -n 1`; echo "$a ---
>> $i"; \
>> done | ack Pieper
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jc
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Dominique Belhachemi <domibel at debian.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jc,
>>>
>>> The license/copyright information for the files below is missing. Do
>>> you want to add those information?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Dominique
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ./Plugins/org.commontk.dah.core/Testing/Cpp/ctkDicomObjectLocatorCacheTest1.cpp
>>>
>>> ./Plugins/org.commontk.dah.core/Testing/Cpp/ctkDicomAppHostingTypesTest1.cpp
>>>
>>> ./Plugins/org.commontk.qtmobility.service/ctkQtMobilityServiceActivator_p.h
>>>
>>> ./Plugins/org.commontk.qtmobility.service/ctkQtMobilityServiceActivator.cpp
>>> ./Plugins/org.commontk.eventbus/ctkEventBusImpl_p.h
>>> ./Plugins/org.commontk.eventbus/ctkEventBusImpl.cpp
>>> ./Plugins/org.commontk.eventbus/ctkEventBusPlugin_p.h
>>> ./Plugins/org.commontk.eventbus/ctkEventHandlerWrapper_p.h
>>> ./Plugins/org.commontk.eventbus/ctkEventBusPlugin.cpp
>>>
>> => Done
>>
>>
>>> ./Libs/Visualization/VTK/Core/vtkLightBoxRendererManager.h
>>>
>>
>>> ./Libs/Visualization/VTK/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkVTKObjectEventsObserverTest1.cpp
>>>
>>> ./Libs/Visualization/VTK/Core/Testing/Cpp/vtkLightBoxRendererManagerTest1.cpp
>>> ./Libs/Visualization/VTK/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkVTKObjectTestHelper.cpp
>>> ./Libs/Visualization/VTK/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkVTKConnectionTest1.cpp
>>> ./Libs/Visualization/VTK/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkVTKObjectTestHelper.h
>>> ./Libs/Visualization/VTK/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkVTKObjectTest1.cpp
>>> ./Libs/Visualization/VTK/Core/vtkLightBoxRendererManager.cpp
>>>
>> => Done
>>
>>
>>
>>> ./Libs/Scripting/Python/Core/Python/qt/__init__.py
>>>
>> => No license added ... not sure it if make sens to add one ...
>>
>>
>>> ./Libs/Core/CMake/TestBFD/TestBFD.cpp
>>>
>> ./Libs/Core/ctkCommandLineParser.cpp
>>
>> ./Libs/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkBinaryFileDescriptorTestHelper.cpp
>>> ./Libs/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkCommandLineParserTest1.cpp
>>> ./Libs/Core/ctkPimpl.h
>>> ./Libs/Core/ctkCommandLineParser.h
>>>
>> => Done
>>
>>
>>> ./Libs/DICOM/Widgets/ctkDICOMQueryWidget.cpp
>>> ./Libs/DICOM/Widgets/Testing/Cpp/ctkDICOMImageTest1.cpp
>>> ./Libs/DICOM/Core/ctkDICOMPersonName.h
>>> ./Libs/DICOM/Core/ctkDICOMDataset.cpp
>>> ./Libs/DICOM/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkDICOMTest1.cpp
>>> ./Libs/DICOM/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkDICOMTesterTest2.cpp
>>> ./Libs/DICOM/Core/Testing/Cpp/ctkDICOMTesterTest1.cpp
>>> ./Libs/DICOM/Core/ctkDICOMPersonName.cpp
>>
>> => Done
>>
>>
>>> ./Applications/Testing/Cpp/ctkDICOMApplicationTest1.cpp
>>>
>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/ctkSimplePythonShellMain.cpp
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/ctkSimplePythonQtDecorators.h
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/ctkTestWrappedQInvokable.h
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/ctkSimplePythonManager.h
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/ctkTestWrappedQListOfVTKObject.h
>>>
>> => Done
>>
>>
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/Testing/Python/derivedQWidgetTest.py
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/Testing/Python/wrappedVTKSlotTest.py
>>>
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/Testing/Python/wrappedQPropertyTest.py
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/Testing/Python/vtkPythonSmoke.py
>>>
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/Testing/Python/wrappedQInvokableTest.py
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/Testing/Python/wrappedSlotTest.py
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/Testing/Python/ctkWidgetsTest.py
>>>
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/Testing/Python/wrappedVTKQInvokableTest.py
>>>
>> => No license added ... not sure it if make sens to add one ...
>>
>>
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/ctkTestWrappedSlot.h
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/ctkTestWrappedVTKSlot.h
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/ctkTestWrappedQProperty.h
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/Python/ctkSimplePythonShell.py
>>> ./Applications/ctkSimplePythonShell/ctkTestWrappedVTKQInvokable.h
>>>
>> => Done
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin
>>> <jchris.fillionr at kitware.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi Dominique,
>>> >
>>> > Please review the following topic:
>>> >   https://github.com/jcfr/CTK/compare/master...fix-license-header
>>> >
>>> > 788f261 Use URL to refer to ParaView license version 1.2
>>> > d4b55ab Fix indent in "Module" attribute associated with Paraview
>>> license
>>> > header
>>> > 681c958 ctkBinaryFileDescriptor - Remove BWH Copyright year and fix
>>> indent
>>> > 20cc5c8 Update license header associated with ctkVTKThumbnailViewTest1
>>> > 56041fa Update license header associated with PythonQtDecorators
>>> >
>>> > Thanks
>>> > Jc
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Stephen Aylward
>>> > <stephen.aylward at kitware.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi Dominique,
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for asking and checking the files.
>>> >>
>>> >> All of CTK is suppose to be under the Apache 2.0 license.   If you
>>> >> find files with any other licence, please let us know.   We will fix
>>> >> them immediately.
>>> >>
>>> >> Regarding the holder of the copyright - I believe we decided that
>>> >> there would be no single copyright holder for CTK.  The files are held
>>> >> by the individual contributors and/or their institutions.   This is
>>> >> not how I would prefer things, because it creates an impression of
>>> >> complex ownership (whereas the Apache license assures the code will
>>> >> always be free for commercial and non-commercial use, and without
>>> >> patent restrictions to the best of our knowledge).
>>> >>
>>> >> The CTK members should probably re-address copyright assignments.   I
>>> >> suggest we have the assignment go to the Insight Software Consortium
>>> >> (ISC) or some other independent entity.   Hans Johnson at U of Iowa is
>>> >> the current president of the ISC, and he could ask the ISC board to
>>> >> accept CTK as an ISC-sponsored toolkit.   More info on the ISC is at:
>>> >> http://insightsoftwareconsortium.org/
>>> >>
>>> >> Stephen
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Dominique Belhachemi
>>> >> <domibel at debian.org> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I try to figure out whether or not the CTK source code can be
>>> >> > distributed. Now I am having a couple of questions.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > - Some files in the CTK repository are covered by the ParaView
>>> license
>>> >> > version 1.2. Is it possible to add the referenced file
>>> >> > 'License_v1.2.txt' to the repository?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > - The Slicer license is missing as well. I found some statements
>>> which
>>> >> > points to dead links:
>>> >> >  "See Doc/copyright/copyright.txt
>>> >> >  or http://www.slicer.org/copyright/copyright.txt for details."
>>> >> >
>>> >> > - Who is the main copyright holder of CTK?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thanks
>>> >> > Dominique
>>> >> > _______________________________________________
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>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >>
>>> >> ==============================
>>> >> Stephen R. Aylward, Ph.D.
>>> >> Director of Medical Imaging Research
>>> >> Kitware, Inc. - North Carolina Office
>>> >> http://www.kitware.com
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