boblq wrote: > > Say there is a statement. "XYZ Corp did a good thing. They > provided funding for this GPL code development." > > Does such a statement have to be exorcised from > the documentation for the code to be GPLd?
Oh no. It does not *have* to be excised. But if it is *required* to be there by the license, it is GPL incompatible. > Why? The requirement that the advertising be there is an extra requirement upon the GPL, which is a violation of the GPL. Not the advertisement itself, the requirement that it be there. Forced speech is not free speech, type of scenario. As an example, RieserFS is GPL'd code. It contains lots of advertisements and props to sponsors. It is perfectly in the realm of the GPL. -john The GNU GPL does allow one type of forced speech: The copyright blurbwhen the program is run interactively. If such a blurb is there, you may not remove it. I'm not a big fan of that clause, personally. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
