Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?
On 12/21/06 09:53, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote:
> I'm curious as to the status of the following code for solving a
> Rubik's cube:
>
> http://www.wrongway.org/work/solver.tar.gz
>
> 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.
>
> so what does that mean? If I grab the code myself and modify it for
The author's free software intent is clear. Put the above statement in
a README and all is well. Might as well drop a note to the author as a
nice gesture.
> I take it this package is suitable for Debian, is it not?
Package it up and upload it to the mentors for sponsorship.
Happy hacking,
Jeff
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