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Le Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:20:42 +0200, Vasiliy Molostov <molostoff@gmail.co=
m>  =

a =C3=A9crit:

> Leo Brewin <leo.brewin@internode.on.net> =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB=
(=D0=B0) =D0=B2 =D1=81=D0=B2=D0=BE=D1=91=D0=BC =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D1=8C=D0=
=BC=D0=B5 Sun, 12  =

> Aug 2012 16:46:29 +0400:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I have ported some parts of Lapack & Blas to Ada2012 and I'd like to =
 =

>> make the 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 copyright licence (from the Fortran sources) must be  =

>> included, that much is clear. But I have made some small changes forc=
ed  =

>> upon me by the transition from Fortran to Ada. Do I need to add a  =

>> separate copyright notice to this Ada version?
>>
>> I don't want to get into the debate about the right and wrongs of the=
  =

>> various copyright licences (GPL vs. BSD) or the politics of copyright=
  =

>> law. I just 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 ha=
rd  =

>> work of the original Lapack & Blas team, so there is little  =

>> intellectual content in my contribution). If someone could point me t=
o  =

>> an example (of a copyright license for a ported code) that would be a=
  =

>> start.
>>
>> Just to be clear, this is a port to Ada, not a set of bindings to the=
  =

>> Fortran code.
>
> Since *copyright covers fixed form writings* and your version is a new=

> writing you might want to supply your own licence.

Is this a personal assumption or an assertion you know some references  =

about?


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