[maemo-developers] Shell script copyrights - kind request

[From: Ryan Pavlik]

Darius Jack wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have noticed the following copyrights entries in shell scripts:
>
> no notice
> GPL copyrighted
> copyrighted 
> ..
>
> Could you kindly tell if shell script is covered by GPL,
> should be covered by GPL
> or is non-GPL at discretion of the developer 
> and please refer me to some nice webpages referring this issue.
>
> Darius
Developers of shell scripts, like any programming, are free to establish
which ever license they like.  If you see no license notice, assume it
is copyrighted and cannot be used, for example, in a GPL work, or
redistributed.  There is no general rule that says "all shell scripts
are GPL" or whatever.

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Ryan Pavlik
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