Any chance to call Tango as Extended Standard Library

Don nospam at nospam.com
Tue Jan 20 02:48:19 PST 2009


Bill Baxter wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Don <nospam at nospam.com> wrote:
>> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> Let's not forget the licensing issues.  Tango is incompatible with some
>>> developers license wise, as you must include attribution for Tango in any
>>> derivative works (i.e. compiled binaries).
>> Are you sure? Where is that written down? I can't find that anywhere in the
>> Tango license.
> 
> Probably this:
> 
> 6. Attribution Rights. You must retain, in the Source Code of any
> Derivative Works that You create, all copyright, patent, or trademark
> notices from the Source Code of the Original Work, as well as any
> notices of licensing and any descriptive text identified therein as an
> "Attribution Notice." You must cause the Source Code for any
> Derivative Works that You create to carry a prominent Attribution
> Notice reasonably calculated to inform recipients that You have
> modified the Original Work.
> 
> I think it's just saying you can't remove stuff from the source code
> that says who wrote it.  But it's got a thick legal accent that's a
> little difficult to understand.

Yes, it explicitly states that it's source code-only requirement.
Perhaps the page should include an approximate explanation, to remove 
confusion



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