[Ctk-developers] CTK license and copyright

Mathieu Malaterre mathieu.malaterre at gmail.com
Thu Jul 14 03:49:04 EDT 2011 

This is a tool available at least on debian, called licensecheck (usr
-r for recursive checking)

HTH

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin
<jchris.fillionr at kitware.com> wrote:
> Dominique,
>
> I integrated the topic " fix-license-header".
>
> Out of curiosity, which method/script did you use to find out which file
> where missing a license ?
>
> See
> https://github.com/commontk/CTK/commit/6fe14129c4318c47df771969818fbbe12000c465
>
> Thanks
> Jc
>
> 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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>>>> >> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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>>>> >> ==============================
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>>>> >> Director of Medical Imaging Research
>>>> >> Kitware, Inc. - North Carolina Office
>>>> >> http://www.kitware.com
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