[PLUG] Need Help Regarding GPL

Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa.com at gmail.com
Mon Dec 28 23:58:56 IST 2009


Hi,


On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Dnyanraj Mali <dnyanraj.mali at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Thanks to all that you want me to ask the question on the same mailing list.
>
> My questions are:
>
>   1. Can i change logo and/or softwarename of a Open Source software (of
>   course after customization)?

Depending on the license, it may be allowed to change logo and/or name
of the product..
Personally, I feel that modifying a logo (or any entity that represent
the product) is morally incorrect- even if allowed by the license.

>   2. The credit to the of software has to go to the original community,
>   which can be managed in help & code files, is it compulsory that original
>   community's name should be displayed on visible locations (like home page or
>   footers etc.)?

Depends on the license again.

For GPL and other related licenses from FSF, check out the FSF
website. Or else, check out the opensource.org website for various
open source licenses.

-Sudhanwa


>
>
>
> Regards,
> Dnyanraj
>
>
> Message: 4
>
>> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:04:21 +0530
>> From: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org>
>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Need Help Regarding GPL
>> To: plug-mail at plug.org.in
>> Message-ID: <4B34B14D.3030408 at fedoraproject.org>
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>>
>> On 12/24/2009 05:20 PM, Dnyanraj Mali wrote:
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> > I need some help on GPL licensing, can someone suggest me any group/forum
>> > where i can ask some questions about GPL
>>
>> FSF and Software Freedom Law Centre are good places.
>>
>> Rahul
>>
>>
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