Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GPL/Makefile

[Eric Blossom]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 11:27:31PM +0200, Dominik Auras wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> First of all, excuse me for this beginner's question. Furthermore this is a
> little bit offtopic.
> 
> I have copied gr-howto-write-a-block and adapted everything to my needs.
> Now, in the Makefiles, it says "This file is part of GNU Radio". But my
> project is not part of the GNU Radio framework, and I don't think that I
> should claim it is.
> 
> Do I have to keep the copyright notice in the Makefile, since it has been
> there, and add a note that there are changes? I mean, it is clear that there
> are changes. A Makefile has to be modified, sources added etc. Or do I put
> my own GPL-Note with my applications name?

The FSF copyright should remain in the file.
You may add others, but should not remove the existing copyright notice.


> It's only about the Makefiles (.am etc.).
> 
> (I tried to google for it, but my keywords are not that precise)
> 
> Thank you very much
> Great work!
> 
> Dominik

Eric