Re: metapost plugin

[Chris Sperandio <sperandi eng usf edu>]

On Thu, 2001-09-13 at 05:14, Cyrille Chepelov wrote:

[snip]

> Currently, all there is in the header is Alex's copyright. From my
reading
> of the GPL, since you made major "modifications" from the pstricks plug-in,
> you should replace the original copyright line by something like:
>    Metapost plugin copyright (C) $YEAR, $YOURNAME
>    Originally derived from the pstricks plug-in $ALEX_COPYRIGHT
> 
> For minor modifications, simply writing a correct ChangeLog entry looks like
> a practice widely accepted as sufficient (even though the GPL's text asks
> that the <<modified files>> themselves carry the <<prominent notices stating
> [the changes and date thereof]>>). But for major changes (or a fork,
> like in this case), the core GPL language shall apply. 

Hopefully, the new attachment takes care of this.  Is there a way to get
this into the tree? (assuming it's worth it)

[charset nitpicking]

Thanks,
Chris

metapost.tgz