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Re: Is this license DFSG free?



Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net> writes:

> Sean Kellogg wrote:
>
>> "You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that 
>> you changed the files and the date of any change." Doesn't this violate the 
>> Dissident test and cause troubles for our poor totalitarian state citizen?
>
> No, because the following statement is allowed by the GPL, and does not
> reveal the identity of the dissident:
>
> "This file was changed on December 10, 2004."

Whether that's allowed by the GPL depends on the interpretation of the
phrase "stating that you changed the files".

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com



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