Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:04:48 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Is a port skeleton considered a derivative work under the GPL? Message-ID: <3DE9A680.4000702@pantherdragon.org>
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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 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 is a state of confusion. IANAL, I guess. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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