> On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 05:05:47PM -0600, Joe Moore wrote: >> (Note: The license blurb is actually required to be maintained by >> copyright law, not by the license itself.) > > The license itself also explicitly states this as a requirement.
Would you like to cite where in the GPL it says that you must maintain a particular notice or phrasing? "keep intact" does not mean the same as "unmodified". > >> > Only if the resulting work (including the implementation of the >> > support for those keywords) is distributable under the terms of the >> > GPL. >> >> No. The derived work is allowed no matter what: > >> GPL section 2: >> GPL> You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion >> of GPL> it, thus forming a work based on the Program, [...], provided >> that > ^^^ > the part that you omitted ends "under the terms of Section 1 above". And the terms of Section 1 are that you must "conspicuously and appropriately publish" notices of the copyright and license, and "keep intact" the license references and warranty disclaimer. No other restrictions. > > It also explicitly grants the right to copy in the text you omitted > (which might have something to do with why it's called a copyright > license) Wrong. It's "copy and distribute". You can distribute without making copies, and you can copy without distributing. "copy" is granted if you meet the terms of section 1. > > Interestingly enough, creation of a derived work typically also > involves making of copies. Which, if not appropriately licensed, (or subject to local limitations on copyright, such as fair use in the US) would constitute a copyright violation. The GPL grants that license. You may make an unlimited number of copies of the source code (verbatim: "as you receive it") under the terms of section 1. That license grant is unconditional. Once you modify the source, you're dealing with Section 2. > >> There is no problem with your hypothetical "Paladium GCC" here. > > Maybe you think the terms of Section 1 don't apply? What term of Section 1 do you think^Wpostulate is being violated by your hypothetical "Paladium GCC"? --Joe
