Admin copyright

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Hi there,

I was reading a post by Mattice on the copyright notice for the Admin.  He stated that the Admin[b] MUST [/b]have the copyright notice left intact on the pages.

I understand that the source code must have this information, but the whole project has been released under GPL.  With this in mind, I thought the entire project can be changed to whatever anyone wished to do with it, as long as the source copyright notice is left in.

I go through the forums all the time, and have never seen anything to contradict this except for Mattice's post.  If the project has been released under GPL, how can you change the liencing for that part of the project?

If you are planning to release the project with two different liences, what about the people who have gotten the project prior to the change?

I am curious on this since I do not wish to infringe on copyright notices.  I am not saying that I am going to change anything there, but Mattice's post left some confusion in my mind.... just when I thought I had it  :shock: 

If the admin is not part of the GPL why is it released in the same package and have only the GPL listed?

cheers,