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Re: GPL and WINE licence compatible?



On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 10:21:45PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
>   You may distribute sources of derivative works of the work
>   provided that (1) (a) all source files of the original work that
>   have been modified, (b) all source files of the derivative work
>   that contain any party of the original work, and (c) all source
>   files of the derivative work that are necessary to compile, link
>   and run the derivative work without unresolved external calls and
>   with the same functionality of the original work (``Necessary
>   Sources'') carry a prominent notice explaining the nature and date
>   of the modification and/or creation.  You are encouraged to make
>   the Necessary Sources available under this license in order to
>   further the development and acceptance of the work.

Does this really say that if you change anything in the source, you
have to put a "prominent notice" about it in ALL source files?
(According to (c), even in your own source files.)

Richard Braakman



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