Re: SDK header translations licensing?

I wrote:
>> First, let me way that JEDI have done a great job over the years, and
>> I'm trying to troll here, but the following has struck me as curious...

I just noticed the second blatant error I made in that sentence, the
first is way instead of say, the second a missing negation :) Then
again maybe it's better the way it came out?

Marco wrote:
>The jedi added MPL is the "further copyright". However the situation is 
>a bit different in practice because most header licenses for common 
>library products are quite open.

>Yes, and it should be annotated as such. IOW, the Jedi files should 
>reflect the original copyright, even if it is a liberal one as the BSD 
>license.

Yes, I agree. I suspect the "further copyright" is subject to
approval of the original copyright owner though. In the case of open
source this is obviously there, and does not allow changing of the
licensing conditions? I'm asserting that this is probably the case for
code under other licenses i.e. DirectX 9 SDK files under the Microsoft
EULA should still be under those conditions once translated.

Let me set out how this came up:
I develop audio software and use translations of DirectX and
DirectShow headers and classes. I was discussing getting a full
translation of the Cakewalk DXi 2 SDK together, which sits on top of
DirectShow baseclasses so a translation of that needs to be available.
At the moment I have my own translation made many years ago, but it
would seem sensible to move to an already publically available
translation. I was pointed towards DSPack which includes this. The
home site of this claims "JEDI affiliation" but I think now the code
isn't actually JEDI submitted. The relevant files have no Microsoft
copyright notice remaining (dodgy) and a (partial, I think) MPL
notice.


Martin

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