Re: [PanoTools-devel] Recordiging of changes.

[Daniel M. G. <dm...@uv...>]

Hi Max,

I might have to ask our IP people and the FSF for clarification on
this one.

The section of the GPL in question:

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  2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:

    a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
    stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

There are two issues here:

1. We are not talking about a "work based on the program". We are
   talking about the original work (it still bears the same name, and
   purpose).

2.  A notice in each file pointing to the ChangeLog will, in my
    opinion, satisfy _exactly_ the requirement.

This is what I mean by project clarifications. 

In the worst case scenario we can just automatically use the svn log
to generate those entries, but I don't think it is necessary.

dmg


 Max> Lastly...on the subject of "letter of the law", I noticed that
 Max> the GPL includes this clause: "You must cause the modified files
 Max> to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files
 Max> and the date of any change".  This seems to have been largely
 Max> violated by most recent contributors to the project.  For
 Max> example, I see lots of modifications to adjust.c, but very few
 Max> "prominent notices".  How do folks feel about this...should this


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