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Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 23:41:20 -0400
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Subject: Re: Question about "Copyright 2001, softSurfer (www.softsurfer.com) ..."
From: Dan Sunday <dansunday1@gmail.com>
To: =?UTF-8?Q?Miro_Hron=C4=8Dok?= <mhroncok@redhat.com>
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Miro,
    Yes, I am the right person to ask. The website and code is mine alone,
and no one else is or has been involved. SoftSurfer is a registered DBA
name I have been using. However, in the past year, I have rehosted and
refactored the softsurfer.com site to geomalgorithms.com.

Your request is reasonable. For use in RepSnapper, the copyright statement
for any code on my site can now read:

// Copyright 2001 softSurfer, 2012-13 Dan Sunday
// This code may be freely used, distributed and modified for any
// purpose providing that this copyright notice is included with it.
// SoftSurfer makes no warranty for this code, and cannot be held
// liable for any real or imagined damage resulting from its use.
// Users of this code must verify correctness for their application.

I will likely make this wording change on the website.

One small request. If you make any significant modifications to the code
that would improve the code presented on my site, I would appreciate it if
you would send them to me (only if you want to).

Best Wishes,
Dan Sunday


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Miro Hron=C4=8Dok <mhroncok@redhat.com> wro=
te:

> Hi,
> first of all, are you the right person to ask for permissions and license
> stuff for code, that's copyrighted like this:
>
>     Copyright 2001, softSurfer (www.softsurfer.com)
>     This code may be freely used and modified for any purpose
>     providing that this copyright notice is included with it.
>     SoftSurfer makes no warranty for this code, and cannot be held
>     liable for any real or imagined damage resulting from its use.
>     Users of this code must verify correctness for their
>     application.
>
> ? If not, do you know, who should I ask?
>
> Now to my problem/request. I'm packaging RepSnapper [0] for Fedora. Fedor=
a
> is very strict about legal / license issues.
>
> RepSnapper uses some functions copyrighted as above [1].
>
> The problem, that Fedora care about, is that there is no explicit
> permission to distribute the code.
>
> Is there any chance you can change:
>
>     freely used and modified
>
> to:
>
>     freely used, distributed and modified
>
> ?
>
> You basically don't need to change anything on your website or in your
> code (unless you want to). All I need is an e-mail from you, saying you a=
re
> the copyright holder of softSurfer code and that you give me the permissi=
on
> to use your code in RepSanpper under the terms of [insert modified versio=
n
> of copyright notice here].
>
> Thanks you very much for your cooperation,
> Miro Hron=C4=8Dok
>
> [0] https://github.com/timschmidt/**repsnapper<https://github.com/timschm=
idt/repsnapper>
> [1] https://github.com/timschmidt/**repsnapper/blob/master/**licensing.tx=
t<https://github.com/timschmidt/repsnapper/blob/master/licensing.txt>
>
> --
> Miro Hron=C4=8Dok
> --
> Phone: +420777974800
> Jabber: miro@hroncok.cz
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Miro,<br></div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0 Yes, I am the right person to ask. The website and code is mine alon=
e, and no one else is or has been involved. SoftSurfer is a registered DBA =
name I have been using. However, in the past year, I have rehosted and refa=
ctored the <a href=3D"http://softsurfer.com" target=3D"_blank">softsurfer.c=
om</a> site to <a href=3D"http://geomalgorithms.com" target=3D"_blank">geom=
algorithms.com</a>. <br>

<br></div>Your request is reasonable. For use in RepSnapper, the copyright =
statement for any code on my site can now read:<br><br>// Copyright 2001 so=
ftSurfer, 2012-13 Dan Sunday<br>// This code may be freely used, distribute=
d and modified for any<br>
// purpose providing that this copyright notice is included with it.<br>// =
SoftSurfer makes no warranty for this code, and cannot be held<br>// liable=
 for any real or imagined damage resulting from its use.<br>// Users of thi=
s code must verify correctness for their application.<br>
<br></div>I will likely make this wording change on the website.<br><br></d=
iv>One small request. If you make any significant modifications to the code=
 that would improve the code presented on my site, I would appreciate it if=
 you would send them to me (only if you want to).<br>
<br></div>Best Wishes,<br></div>Dan Sunday<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_ext=
ra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Miro=
 Hron=C4=8Dok <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mhroncok@redhat.com" =
target=3D"_blank">mhroncok@redhat.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
first of all, are you the right person to ask for permissions and license s=
tuff for code, that&#39;s copyrighted like this:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Copyright 2001, softSurfer (<a href=3D"http://www.softsurfer.=
com" target=3D"_blank">www.softsurfer.com</a>)<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 This code may be freely used and modified for any purpose<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 providing that this copyright notice is included with it.<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 SoftSurfer makes no warranty for this code, and cannot be hel=
d<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 liable for any real or imagined damage resulting from its use=
.<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Users of this code must verify correctness for their<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 application.<br>
<br>
? If not, do you know, who should I ask?<br>
<br>
Now to my problem/request. I&#39;m packaging RepSnapper [0] for Fedora. Fed=
ora is very strict about legal / license issues.<br>
<br>
RepSnapper uses some functions copyrighted as above [1].<br>
<br>
The problem, that Fedora care about, is that there is no explicit permissio=
n to distribute the code.<br>
<br>
Is there any chance you can change:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 freely used and modified<br>
<br>
to:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 freely used, distributed and modified<br>
<br>
?<br>
<br>
You basically don&#39;t need to change anything on your website or in your =
code (unless you want to). All I need is an e-mail from you, saying you are=
 the copyright holder of softSurfer code and that you give me the permissio=
n to use your code in RepSanpper under the terms of [insert modified versio=
n of copyright notice here].<br>

<br>
Thanks you very much for your cooperation,<br>
Miro Hron=C4=8Dok<br>
<br>
[0] <a href=3D"https://github.com/timschmidt/repsnapper" target=3D"_blank">=
https://github.com/timschmidt/<u></u>repsnapper</a><br>
[1] <a href=3D"https://github.com/timschmidt/repsnapper/blob/master/licensi=
ng.txt" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/timschmidt/<u></u>repsnapper/b=
lob/master/<u></u>licensing.txt</a><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#8=
88888"><br>

<br>
-- <br>
Miro Hron=C4=8Dok<br>
--<br>
Phone: <a href=3D"tel:%2B420777974800" value=3D"+420777974800" target=3D"_b=
lank">+420777974800</a><br>
Jabber: <a href=3D"mailto:miro@hroncok.cz" target=3D"_blank">miro@hroncok.c=
z</a><br>
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