I would like to modify a software that is not maintained anymore by its original author. As I would be interested in integrating GPL'ed code with it, my question is do you think it is 'compatible' with the GPL:
----------------------------------------------------------------- Please note the following:
(1) *PLEASE* do not release new versions of Power-Post without
making it EXPLICITLY CLEAR that it is a modified version.
For example, call it "Kinko's Power-Post" or something, so
people will not ask me for support for something I did not
write.(2) If you do release a new version based on this code, simply
give me (Chris Morse) credit in the Help/About.(3) Power-Post 2000 is built with Visual C++ 6.0, uses MFC, and
is multi-threaded. This will not compile with other
compilers without making some modifications.(4) At the moment, I have not written any documentation on the
source code. If I get enough questions, I'll write a little
FAQ that explains the basic structure of the code.(5) Power-Post 2000 is FREEWARE. Any modified versions must
be FREEWARE too. The original spirit of usenet is not dead!(6) Power-Post was one of my first internet applications that I
wrote, and the source code isn't nearly as neat and orderly
as I would like it to be.
-----------------------------------------------------------------Points 3,4,6 are not really relevant here. Point 5 seams compatible with the GPL, but I'm not sure about Points 1 and 2. I would appreciate any comment on that.
Thank you for your help.
Assert.
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