From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Nov 30 22:44:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09CC537B401 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:44:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from marvin.bsdng.org (24-159-239-62.jvl.wi.charter.com [24.159.239.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BF4C43EDA for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:44:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mkm@marvin.bsdng.org) Received: from marvin.bsdng.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by marvin.bsdng.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB10hOtx032407; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:43:24 GMT (envelope-from mkm@marvin.bsdng.org) Received: (from mkm@localhost) by marvin.bsdng.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB10hNQY032406; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:43:23 GMT Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 00:43:23 +0000 From: Kyle Martin To: Darren Pilgrim Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is a port skeleton considered a derivative work under the GPL? Message-ID: <20021201004323.GD811@marvin.bsdng.org> References: <3DE9A680.4000702@pantherdragon.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DE9A680.4000702@pantherdragon.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:04:48PM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:04:48 -0800 > From: Darren Pilgrim > To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Is a port skeleton considered a derivative work under the GPL? > > I'm planning on making a port skeleton for a GPL'd program. I can't, > though, figure out if I have to GPL the port skeleton or not. If the of course not > skeleton is just the basic wrapper Makefile and uses the entire contents > of the original tarball verbatim, the skeleton is the equivalent of an > external start-up script and thus outside the scope of the original > license, right? What if I need to include patches or replace the > original Makefiles to get a clean build and install? Do those patches > and replacements have to be GPL'd? I've read the GPL, and all I gained nope we do it all the time, look at any of the thousands of ported GPL applications -- Kyle Martin , http://www.bsdng.org -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d s:- a-- C+++ UB++++ P--- L- E--- W++ N+ o-- K- w--- O- M+ V-- PS+++ PE-- Y-- PGP++ t--- 5-- X+++ R+ tv b+++ DI+ D G- e* h++ r% y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message