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Calculator Community => Major Community Projects => The Axe Parser Project => Topic started by: FloppusMaximus on April 02, 2011, 05:43:05 pm
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The current Axe Parser package includes a copy of RabbitSign, but it does not include the license, copyright statements, corresponding source code, or in fact, any acknowledgement of the program's origin. Instead, it contains what is apparently a README file for Wabbitsign (which is an unrelated program with a similar name and function.)
RabbitSign is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html). That means that anyone is allowed to use, copy, or modify it however they like. It also means that if you distribute it, you have a responsibility to inform users about their rights (including telling them where they can get the source code.) It's up to you how you do so, provided you comply with sections 4-6 of the GPL. What I would suggest, however, is that you simply include the COPYING and README files from the RabbitSign binary package (note that the README file includes a URL where the source code can be found.)
Please fix this as soon as possible. Users have a right to know where the software they're using came from, and what they are allowed to do with it.
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Thanks for pointing this out! I think it actually used to be Wabbitsign for a while and when I replaced it with rabbitsign I forgot to update the readmes. I have now replaced it with the README and COPYING text files you suggested and these will appear in all future updates.
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Great. Thank you!