Compulsory checkin clauses.

David Johnson david at usermode.org
Sat Aug 5 18:41:55 UTC 2000


On Sat, 05 Aug 2000, Justin Wells wrote:

> Looking for thoughts on this:
> 
> How about releasing a modification to a GPL'd program which contains no 
> material from the original? Recipients of the modification can "privately"
> apply it to their GPL'd works, while the authors of the modification can 
> claim that it is not covered by the GPL because it is not a derived work.

As I understand it, these are still considered derived works. foo.c
is essentially a patch. There may be exceptions in a few cases, but I
won't tread there...

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David Johnson
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