[Solar-talk] Borrowing from Solar?

[Michael Soule]

Well, I greatly appreciate both the time your code has saved me and  
the education I've received from using it and will not hesitate to  
give credit where much credit is due.
Many thanks to Paul and the Solar team!

mike



On May 28, 2007, at 6:48 PM, Paul M Jones wrote:

>
> On May 28, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:
>
>> On 5/28/07, Michael Soule wrote:
>>> I have a question about using code from Solar and modifying it  
>>> for my
>>> own purposes.
>>> Does the license or the copyright prevent me from doing so?
>>
>> Not at all. You can even use it on commercial apps with closed  
>> source.
>>
>>> If not, does it prevent me from including Solar code in my own open-
>>> source projects?
>>
>> Not at all again, and you're encouraged to do that! (I know of a
>> person who would like to see your open source projects using Solar -
>> me, hehe).
>>
>>> If not again, what is the proper way to give credit to Solar and  
>>> it's
>>> contributors for code used in my own projects?
>>
>> You should just keep the credits and license notes on the file  
>> headers
>> and add yours when you have modified them. A link/reference on your
>> documentation and 'about' pages would be kind and appreciated, but
>> it's not a license requirement.
>
> Rodrigo has it exactly right.  Maintaining proper attribution is the
> only payment any of us gets in this deal, so adhering to "good form"
> is always appreciated.  :-)
>
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