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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/camel/README.COPYRIGHT b/camel/README.COPYRIGHT
index e6804759b8..bad1b76eb8 100644
--- a/camel/README.COPYRIGHT
+++ b/camel/README.COPYRIGHT
@@ -4,20 +4,21 @@ Important note for Camel hackers:
Camel has been a lot of work, and has been conceived to be general
enough to be used outside the gnome-mailer. It is possible in the
future that it is used in software with licenses incompatible with the
-LGPL. For this reason, the copyright has to be owned by a unique
-person. Be sure, however, that Camel will always be available under
-the LGPL. Significant authors will always be consulted before any
+GPL. For this reason, the copyright has to be owned by a unique
+entity. Be sure, however, that Camel will always be available under
+the GPL. Significant authors will always be consulted before any
special use of Camel. Moreover, in special situations, they may be
given the authorization to use Camel with a license different than the
-LGPL.
+GPL.
Thus, when adding code in Camel, always add the following lines at the
begining of the file:
/*
- *
* Copyright 1999, 200x Ximian, Inc. (http://www.ximian.com)
*
+ * Author: Your name <your.email@address>
+ *
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ begining of the file:
* USA
*/
-You may also want to add your name to the author name list after this
+You may also want to add your name to the author list inside this
header.
Please contact Ximian, Inc. (http://www.ximian.com) if you want to discuss