Re: [hackers] Stupid GPL question

[Joshua Koenig]

OK, so there's a postcard script I'd like to cadge a few ideas from. 
Not
wholesale cut/paste, just a couple ideas. It's licensed under GPL. 
This is
the first open source group project I've worked on; while I've been
programming for a bit, it's almost entirely been private work for 
myself and
my clients. What if anything do I need to do besides acknowledge the
original script? Add the GPL license to it? What? Sorry to be so dumb 
about
it, I did look up the GPL and read it but I'm still unsure as to widely
released work like this.
If you're just taking "inspiration" from something you don't have any 
obligations under the GPL. Only if you include significant portions of 
identical code (e.g. more than a couple lines) are you bound by it's 
terms.

cheers
-josh

RE: [hackers] Stupid GPL question

[Jon Lebkowsky]

There's other stuff in there, e.g. if you modify the code, you have to give
prominent dated notice of the modification. Wide release doesn't make any
difference.

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> OK, so there's a postcard script I'd like to cadge a few ideas from. Not
> wholesale cut/paste, just a couple ideas. It's licensed under GPL. This is
> the first open source group project I've worked on; while I've been
> programming for a bit, it's almost entirely been private work for
> myself and
> my clients. What if anything do I need to do besides acknowledge the
> original script? Add the GPL license to it? What? Sorry to be so
> dumb about
> it, I did look up the GPL and read it but I'm still unsure as to widely
> released work like this.