That link doesn't directly answer my question, but rather implies the answer to my first question is "yes" and the answer to my second question is "no".
My questions are more about what it means for code to be in the Public Domain rather than about the GPL. In the extreme case it seems as though someone can take some code that is in the Public Domain, make some infinitesimal change, and copyright the code as their own. Is my understanding correct? Or are there some subtleties that I'm overlooking? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain Regards, - Robert On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#CombinePublicDomainWithGPL > > That'll be $75, please. > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can I take the source code, make changes, put it on, say, github under >> my name, and release the code under a GPL? Do I need to make any >> reference that some (most) of the original code was released as Public >> Domain and from where I got it? -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
