albertlee Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Is there any linsencing for Open Source freeware? more over, what is the advantages of obtaining a lincense? Albert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Yeah it's called the GPL. You don't 'obtain' it. You simply take the code someone wrote before you, you may modify the code in any way shape or form, but do not modify the coder's before you coments/signature/or rules. Here's a much better version of the above said: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5614 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 freeware is free, thats how it got its name no license is legally needed, but what admiral_ju00 said is also true but as you dont NEED one, why woud you want it, i cant see any advantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 freeware is free, thats how it got its name Not necessarily true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertlee Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 but do not modify the coder's before you coments/signature/or rules. I dont really get this sentence. What does it mean by "the coder's"? and the coder's what? Albert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 I dont really get this sentence. What does it mean by "the coder's"? and the coder's what? Albert If albertlee - (coder) wrote a short program, but at the very top left a GPL statement, I who download the program afterwords you posted on the internet can not or should not modify your GPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 I take it you did not go to that website, but here's a quote from it: Example of GPLGnomovision version 69, Copyright © year name of author <----Insert [ALBERTLEE] here Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertlee Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 modify GPL? is'nt that a license? how can you actually "modify" it? Albert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertlee Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 admiral, or any obdy elses.... can help on? Albert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-89228 That sums it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertlee Posted July 10, 2004 Author Share Posted July 10, 2004 modify GPL? is'nt that a license? how can you actually "modify" it? Albert ANy way, admiral, what do you mean? Albert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Heh, what part of post #7 do you find so confusing? On a second though, someone, please help me! Look at Post #7. See where it sais 'Authors name here' and then I included <-[ABLERTLEE Here]? That is a modification of the original GPL and it will create problems for you IF you were to modify the code and release it to the public with YOUR name on it, thereby you will claim ALL of the credit for that source code. If you modify the name to yours but DON'T release the code to the Internet, then no one's going to know about it. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertlee Posted July 10, 2004 Author Share Posted July 10, 2004 thx for the responds.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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