On 20-May-08, at 1:23 PM, Ken Causey wrote:
First we need to define 'main page'. This actually is determined by whether you are logged in or not and what project you were last looking at. Were you thinking of the page that currently has the notice regarding adding the report number to the filename of any attachments? This page is specific to the Squeak project. I can easily add a notice to this page and in fact I think it is appropriate that it be on this page which will only be seen if Squeak is the selected project. I think any notice, if any, we put on the Squeak Packages project will need to be different.
Sounds sensible to me; I was indeed thinking of the page you mention and I agree that different rules may well apply to core and packages.
Should I just write up my own notice or would you like to provide specific text?
Hmm, I guess we should discuss this at tomorrow's board meeting and let you know. Suggestions from the wider community are welcome of course.
I'll start the ball rolling with "Hey You! Read this NOW. Any code submitted to this Mantis system as a fix or suggested fix for the Squeak core system must be offered under the terms of the MIT license <-link. Code entered here in the Description, Additional Information or Notes, or uploaded as a file, is assumed to be so licensed"
On the 'Report Issue' page I suggest that we have a repeat of the main page note.
Where do you see a note going on the report page?
If it's possible, right near the top - around where it says 'Enter Report Details'. In letters of eldrich fire that burn into your retinas. In a non-violent, harmless, non-judgemental manner, of course.
If possible some sort of pop-up notification when uploading a file (a fairly typical action when submitting a proposed solution) might be sensible.
When would such a pop-up notification be triggered? On hitting the 'Upload File' button?
Yes. It may be going Too Far(tm) but at least we should consider it as an option.
I would suggest having a short form of the notice on all pages either in the footer or perhaps header which is consistently displayed on all pages.
Excellent idea. Maybe a really short form like "You need to be aware of the licensing rules for this project" with a link built in.
Note that we could probably hash this out much quicker on IRC or a Skype chat.
Probably true. We may try to add you to the board meeting skype tomorrow if that is ok.
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