Re:Only Looking for a Mutually Beneficial Resoluti
Posted by: Paul Walker
on September 20, 2004 11:40 PM
4. The code was then wrongly assigned to the GPL
Assuming Mambo is under the GPL, then the changes made were automatically GPL covered.
Note that the copyright covering the implemented code - not the original code - is a whole different ballgame. Also, if the object code was not distributed from your site, then there is no obligation to make the source available.
However, once the source has been released, and assuming the copyright holder had the right to place it under GPL - which in this case would seem to be required, since Mambo is apparently GPL covered - then anybody can redistribute it further.
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Re:Only Looking for a Mutually Beneficial Resoluti
Posted by: Paul Walker on September 20, 2004 11:40 PMAssuming Mambo is under the GPL, then the changes made were automatically GPL covered.
Note that the copyright covering the implemented code - not the original code - is a whole different ballgame. Also, if the object code was not distributed from your site, then there is no obligation to make the source available.
However, once the source has been released, and assuming the copyright holder had the right to place it under GPL - which in this case would seem to be required, since Mambo is apparently GPL covered - then anybody can redistribute it further.
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