Re: upstream has license which is an edited GPL

Stanislav Maslovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was going to package CDDE [1] but noticed that upstream ships it > with a license file which is GPL v.2 without the preamble and the > appendix […] > I have e-mailed the upstream explaining that changing GPL and > removing its copyright is not

Re: upstream has license which is an edited GPL

On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 07:20:09PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > So, even if they preserve the copyright notice, they still may not > redistribute changed copies of the GPL document. Only verbatim copies > may be redistributed. That is true. That is what I ment. > The recommended way to license a wo

Re: upstream has license which is an edited GPL

Stanislav Maslovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 07:20:09PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > You are, as far as I can tell, free to obtain a verbatim copy of > > the GNU GPL as described in the specific license grant (e.g. > > "either version 2 of that License, or, at your

Re: upstream has license which is an edited GPL

Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stanislav Maslovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I was going to package CDDE [1] but noticed that upstream ships it > > with a license file which is GPL v.2 without the preamble and the > > appendix > […] > > > I have e-mailed the upstream explaining