On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 01:21:12AM +0200, Yavor Doganov wrote: > At Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:46:47 -0300, > Daniel Ruoso wrote: > > Em Qui, 2006-02-02 às 02:11 +0200, Yavor Doganov escreveu: > > > | Everything must be modifiable > > I'm still not convinced GPL prevents that. You're still allowed to > > rephrase the copyright,no-warrant,where-is-the-license notices and to > > present it in a way that fits to your needs. It doesn't force you to use > > in the same way and with the same text the original author did. > Well, it is not said explicitly, so this is an interpretation. I'm > quite certain that rephrasing is not allowed. I really don't like > dissections of licenses, This doesn't exempt you from actually reading and understanding them before opening your mouth publically about them. The GPLv2 does *not* require you to retain existing copyright notices verbatim. > but if I write a GUI program that shows that notice moving on the status > bar (or as a background, ala "Star Wars" movie), I guess your fork must > include the same. You guess wrong. The GPLv2 does not require the notice to be retained in any particular form; just that it be "print[ed] or display[ed]" when the program is started for interactive use. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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