Re: Interesting Licensing Issue -- Crafty
Jonathan P Tomer writes:
> ...the gpl even requires the interactive start of the program to declare
> copyright information.
No. From the GPL:
Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally
print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not
required to print an announcement.
> ...he can require methinks "if the program generates output of any kind
> it must include prominently within its output a statement that this
> program is based on my work" whilst remaining dfsg-free
So the license for an editor can require that every file edited with it
contain a special blurb? I don't think so.
> ...and he can definitely require to appear in "all supporting
> documentation" (again the gpl does this).
Whether or not this would help depends on exactly how these tournaments are
run.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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