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From: Leo Brewin <leo.brewin@internode.on.net>
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Subject: copyright questions
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Date: 2012-08-12T05:46:29-07:00
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Greetings,

I have ported some parts of Lapack & Blas to Ada2012 and I'd like to make t=
he code available for public use. But before I release the code I'd like to=
 canvas your opinions on how I should assign the copyright. The original co=
pyright licence (from the Fortran sources) must be included, that much is c=
lear. But I have made some small changes forced upon me by the transition f=
rom Fortran to Ada. Do I need to add a separate copyright notice to this Ad=
a version?=20

I don't want to get into the debate about the right and wrongs of the vario=
us copyright licences (GPL vs. BSD) or the politics of copyright law. I jus=
t want to ensure that no third parties can later claim copyright of my work=
 (as limited as it is, it's just a port of the hard work of the original La=
pack & Blas team, so there is little intellectual content in my contributio=
n). If someone could point me to an example (of a copyright license for a p=
orted code) that would be a start.

Just to be clear, this is a port to Ada, not a set of bindings to the Fortr=
an code.

Cheers,
Leo