<div dir="ltr">Yes. Absolutely. Follow the license.<div><br></div><div>Find where other people have put their names in comments, and add yours. Modify code. Don't remove the license or any existing attributions.</div><div><br></div><div>It isn't actually hard in practice.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 5:07 PM なつよるほたる <<a href="mailto:touyamanaojp@gmail.com">touyamanaojp@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I found an interesting project protected by Apache-2.0 in github. Now I want to modify some functions and some new features to develop a new software based on the original project. Naturally I want to fork it and start my coding, but there is a confusing thing, should I fulfill the obligation of <b>Redistribute with Modification, </b>especially the 2.nd term, changelog related.<br></div><div><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(252,252,252)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:decimal">You must give any other recipients of the Work or Derivative Works a copy of this License; and</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:decimal"><u>You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices stating that You changed the files; and</u></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:decimal">You must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works that You distribute, all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices from the Source form of the Work, excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Derivative Works; and</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:decimal">If the Work includes a "NOTICE" text file as part of its distribution, then any Derivative Works that You distribute must include a readable copy of the attribution notices contained within such NOTICE file, excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the Derivative Works, in at least one of the following places: within a NOTICE text file distributed as part of the Derivative Works; within the Source form or documentation, if provided along with the Derivative Works; or, within a display generated by the Derivative Works, if and wherever such third-party notices normally appear. The contents of the NOTICE file are for informational purposes only and do not modify the License. You may add Your own attribution notices within Derivative Works that You distribute, alongside or as an addendum to the NOTICE text from the Work, provided that such additional attribution notices cannot be construed as modifying the License.</li></ol></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Aaron </div></div>
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