[JOSS] Update copyright section of README

lantunes / cellpylib

A library for working with Cellular Automata, for Python.

https://cellpylib.org

Apache License 2.0

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[JOSS] Update copyright section of README #15

Closed blsqr closed 3 years ago

blsqr commented 3 years ago

In the Copyright section of the README you currently state "All rights reserved". I am not a lawyer, but in the context of Open Source Software this may introduce some confusion because the phrase appears to be obsolete (for the purpose of establishing copyright) and you license the software under the Apache license anyway, somewhat contradicting the statement.

Propositions:

If you are fine with it, remove the "All rights reserved" phrase
Update the year in the copyright notice
Somewhere in the README mention that cellpylib is open source software and refer to the license file

lantunes commented 3 years ago

I have replaced the copyright statement in the README with a link to the Apache 2.0 License. This change is on the joss_review branch.

blsqr commented 3 years ago

As a brief follow-up question to 44b7e8f: did you intend to remove the copyright notice altogether?

To clarify: I did not want to suggest that the Copyright notice itself should be removed, only the "all rights reserved" phrase. While there need not necessarily be a copyright statement to establish copyright, afaik, it still seems to be commonplace to have one. Either way is fine for me, just wanted to make you aware of that.

lantunes commented 3 years ago

@blsqr Thank for clarifying. I understand, and I intended to remove the copyright notice. I am comfortable with the changes made.

blsqr commented 3 years ago

Alright! 👍