Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?
Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> writes:
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:53:25 -0600 Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote:
>
>> The readme.txt file states
>>
>> This program is released under the GNU General Public License.
>> It may be modified and/or redistributed under the terms of said
>> license. The creator is not responsible for damages occuring
>> because of this program. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR MODIFIED
>> WITHOUT EXPLICIT CREDIT GIVEN TO THE AUTHOR.
[...]
>> If I grab the code myself and modify it for
>> Debian, I need to explicitly credit myself as an author too?
>
> Well, I think the "AUTHOR" which is talked about is the original author,
> not the modification author.
> So, no, I don't think you are forced to credit yourself too.
It seems arguable that GPL 2a already requires you to credit
yourself if you modify the work:
a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
--
Ben Pfaff
email: blp@cs.stanford.edu
web: http://benpfaff.org
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