GPLv3/Apache argument brought up some concerns over the current state of the GPL

2012-01-09 Thread Felyza Wishbringer
/lurker surfacing Working on a new project with a collaboration team. They are throwing around GPLv3, Apache, and zlib. An argument sprang up, which makes me concerned about DFSG-ness of the GPLv3. The GPLv3 allows for modifications per the license itself. This is apparent in statements by

Re: GPLv3/Apache argument brought up some concerns over the current state of the GPL

2012-01-09 Thread Clark C. Evans
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012, at 07:41 PM, Felyza Wishbringer wrote: My biggest concern is that since it allows for small modifications, what would protect us, as the original authors, from someone taking our source, modifying a single line, then re-releasing under a modified GPLv3 that says that

Re: GPLv3/Apache argument brought up some concerns over the current state of the GPL

2012-01-09 Thread Jeff Epler
Apache License v2.0 section 4.4 also allows somebody to make a trivial change to the covered source code and require notice wherever such third-party notices normally appear; You may add Your own attribution notices within Derivative Works that You distribute, alongside or as an addendum to the