On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 12:13:10AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > That is a completely different aspect of the issue. > I apologize for not being clear enough: I was talking about the > sentences outside the GPL text.
> So, to state the matter in a (hopefully) clearer way: AFAICS, the > sentence > | IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR > | MODIFIED WITHOUT EXPLICIT CREDIT GIVEN TO THE AUTHOR. > refers to the original author as "THE AUTHOR" and hence asks for credit > to the original author. > On the other hand, everything that is required by the GPL text must be > done in order to exercize the granted permissions. > One important thing that is still to be clarified is the nature of those > sentences outside the GPL text: are they explanations for lay persons or > additional restrictions? This is not an additional restriction; this is a requirement set out in copyright law that has not been waived in the GPL, so since the copyright holder has not stated anywhere that this is intended as a license addendum, I think it's reasonable to understand it as an explanation instead. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
