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Re: CodeIgniter license



Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> writes:

> > > Bojan Sudarević <bojan@sudarevic.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > > 4. Any files that have been modified must carry notices stating
> > > > the nature of the change and the names of those who changed
> > > > them.
[…]
>
> GPLv2 clause 2a states:
>
> |   a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
> |   stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
>
> It does not require that you describe the "nature of the change", just
> that "you changed the files and the date of any change", which could
> be interpreted as satisfiable by a simple copyright notice update or
> little more.

Furthermore, the GPL does not require changes to be attributed by name,
yet the CodeIgniter license does require that.

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