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On Thursday 18 September 2008 03:11:14 Roberto Gordo Saez wrote:

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> I'm replying to myself for clarifying this:

>

> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:57:52PM +0200, Roberto Gordo Saez wrote:

> > Some licenses like the GPL requires the

> > software to carry an appropriate copyright notice, and suggest to place

> > a notice in every file. I'm not sure it is a legal requirement of the

> > GPL to place a notice in every file [...]

>

> That paragraph is over-simplified, there are many other things to take

> into account. First one and most important is that the author is not

> bounded by the GPL terms, so the requirement to place notices in the

> files when they are changed can only be really enforced for

> contributors.

Well..... but does the author remain THE author once there are other

contributions in that file?

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>

> I think it is always a good idea to place the license in every file,

> though.

>

> You found that the commercial exception is not included in the notices

> in source files (I never look into linuxsampler sources myself), and

> I completely agree that it is confusing. They should have placed the

> notice there as well. As you said, authors would not be happy if you

> try to use this fact to fork it under pure GPL, their intentions are

> clearly different, and I prefer to respect their opinion and either

> accept or reject their conditions. Also, I personally think that it

> would not be legal, but if you are willing to try the fork, go

> for it :-)

all the best,
drew
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