Re: adding and forking someone else's GPL software - what should i do?

On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:29:49 Robin Paulson wrote:
>...
> What changes would you suggest i make to the software
>  to reflect that it is now different to the original package?
> 
>  reading the GPL, i don't see anything i am obliged to do, but i may be
>  wrong in my interpretation. i guess there are requirements around
>  trademarking, and whether i am allowed to use the name of the software
>  any more.
>  also, putting aside legalities, is there anything which you would
>  recommend i do ethically and morally?
>
>
Ask these questions to the original project.

>  the following are listed in the 'about' dialogue, and i wonder which if
>  any i should be concerned with?
>  name of contributors/developers
>  name of the project
>  name of the org which funds it
>  address of their website
>  anything else?
>
It would probably be enough that you name the project that you are forking, 
the release that the fork starts at (update this should you include work from 
later releases) and their homesite.

>  i've added a simple '-rp' to the version number, to distinguish what
>  i've done, are there any other recommendations there you'd suggest?
1.0

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