OGRE Copyright?

[ceros]

It's not really clear who the copyright holder of Ogre is. For instance, Docs/ReadMe.html doesn't mention this, the AUTHORS and README file say it's "The OGRE Team", and yet there are numerous files that say "Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Torus Knot Software Ltd".

So is "The OGRE Team" and "Torus Knot Software Ltd" the same entity?

[johnhpus]

I'd go with the actual copyright notice rather than the mention of the Ogre Team, but I'm sure someone who knows for sure will clear it up...

total guess:
The discrepancy might come from back when Ogre started offering the alternative license that allows static linking. If I recall correctly, everyone who contributed over the years had to be hunted down and asked for permission to allow the change. The copyright may have been moved at that point to Torus Knot.

[sinbad]

All the core files should read copyright Torus Knot Software Ltd. There are just some external tools and add-ons which are non-core which may be different.

The 'Ogre Team' has no legal meaning as an entity so that's why the copyright statements say TKS. I set up TKS several years ago to handle commercial aspects of Ogre because Ogre was getting used more and more and it needed an official legal standing to be taken seriously in commercial circles.

It's also necessary to make the OUL possible, although I don't really run that part as a business since I always try to encourage people to use the open source license unless they have a very good reason not to.

[ceros]

Thanks.

You should update the README, AUTHORS, and ReadMe.html files as well.