[LAD] Fwd: Fw: Re: At the hands of Professor Keller and Raymond

[Ralf Mardorf]

Forest Bond wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 10:18:20AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>   
>>> Even if you changed headers original done by other authors for more 
>>> than 50% of the code, it must be noticeable who was the original author 
>>> and that you changed it. There's a stipulation: "a) You must cause the 
>>> modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the 
>>> files and the date of any change."
>>>       
>> I guess this should protect the reliability of the software. If thousand  
>> people change xyz.h, we need to know if we got the original xyz.h, with  
>> the original functionality or if we got a derivate, that might has lost  
>> it's compatibility. Copyrights done under the GPL should protect the  
>> software and users, less the authors, that's why it's called a copyleft.  
>> You only can make the software name, logos etc. copyright, not the code,  
>> if you are using GPL code.
>>     
>
> This is false.  The GPL doesn't change the meaning of copyright, and it is
> worthless without one or more copyright holders (somebody has to have the
> copyright in order to apply the license).  Authors retain copyright to their
> software when they release it under the GPL.  The GPL simply grants rights to
> others that they otherwise wouldn't have (at least under US law).
>
> -Forest
>   

Thanx, I guess I understand and I guess I mean it that way. I got 
off-list a mail on German. We have a
copyright and *related rights* ;). "Urheberrecht" vs 
"Vervielfältigungsrecht".