Stefaan A Eeckels wrote: > On 15 May 2006 05:28:45 -0700 > "Jacob JKW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The following happens: > > > > 1) Source code to an executable is released under the GPL by author > > #1. > > 2) Source code is lightly modified by author #2 and then included as a > > DLL bundled with a new GPL app by a author #2. > > > > How should the copyright info be handled? > > Authors retain the copyright to the code they wrote. How the code is > packaged has no bearing on that. > > Showing copyright information when the program starts or is running is > not a prerequisite of the current copyright statutes. If on program > start-up you give credit to author #2, it stands to reason you should > give credit to author #1. Similarly, in an "About" topic it behooves to > credit all authors. Sounds reasonable. Could you perhaps provide an example of appropriate phrasing of such copyright information?
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