9 Aug
2009
9 Aug
'09
4:11 a.m.
Chris Cannam
>> ... but it's probably
>> illegal and certainly unethical to redistribute someone else's work
>> without attribution (a basic necessity of copyright which the GPL
>> doesn't disclaim).
The BSD license originally required attribution. The GPL people objected,
calling it the "obnoxious BSD advertising clause ... and forced this clause
removed.
So it's fair to say the GPL does NOT require attribution.
Jeff McClintock