On Sunday 22 June 2003 10:46 am, Assert wrote: > Hello, > > 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. > -----------------------------------------------------------------
This isn't a real license. It seems to be part of a README file. Only clause number 2 and 5 have any legal weight behind them, as everything else is a request or comment and operates under the key phrase "Please note...". -- David Johnson ___________________ http://www.usermode.org -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
