Comment 7 for bug 158835

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote : Re: [Bug 158835] Re: [needs-packaging] Foxmarks (Firefox extension)

On 12/04/2008 06:58 AM, Alexander Sack wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 06:01:59PM -0000, Pander wrote:
>> License is multiple times in the .js source code, see
>>
>> ~/.<email address hidden>$ grep -riI mit *|grep -i license
>> chrome/content/shared/passwordmeter.js:License: MIT License (see below)
>> chrome/content/shared/passwordmeter.js:Modified: 20060620 - added MIT License
>> chrome/content/foxmarks-utils.js: License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
>> chrome/content/foxmarks-utils.js: * Released under the MIT license
>
> Folks should really put a license file in the .xpi ... otherwise we
> need to review each individual file and if there is any that doesnt
> have an explicit license hint, its not sure.
>
> We probably can remove preference .js files and install.rdf as well as
> chrome.manifest from the list of files that require an explicit
> copyright, but most authors forget license headers in .xul/xml files.
>
>
> - Alexander
>
When i spoke to author about this he stated that it is now nonfree and
when i dug harder into him for the license he stated all about the
copyright so i email him back stating i needed license not copyriguht
and never heard back from him.

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