Re: GPL exception ???
> On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 09:25:03AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > I came on a program that is distributed under the GPL with the addition
> > of the following exception :
> >
> > Derivative works must not remove the original author's copyright
> > notices, name or comments from source code and documentation. Doing
> > so will violate the license.
As Branden says, extremely non-free to disallow removal/alteration of
comments. Removal specifically of copyright notices is already protected,
and doesn't need a seperate clause.
Depending on how one interprets the addition of restrictions to the GPL,
it may be undistributable at all.
On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Branden Robinson wrote:
> I hope the copyright holder realizes that this restriction is
> unenforceable under copyright law if the source code and documentation
> are rewritten such that they are no longer derivative works.
I don't disagree, but I think I'm missing something WRT the reason for
your comment. It never crossed my mind that a license author would expect
such a restriction to apply to original works. In this case, it even says
"Derivative works must...".
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Mark Rafn dagon@dagon.net <http://www.dagon.net/>
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