I have had to apply that license a time or two, and therefore read what I could on those occasions. I read of no such requirement. It is not in the text of the copyleft, or the other short form documents available. The GPL is a pattern. Once you apply it to your document, the version you applied, including or excluding any terms you saw fit to include or exclude, is what applies. If the license as you apply it, does not prohibit the nature of your program, then it is permitted. You are free to modify the license in any manner you see fit. I do not recall if doing so, still confers upon you the right to call it a "GPL", but the terms are i denticle. On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. > > I've recently written a program 12K in size. The GPL FAQ on fsf.org > says that if your program is below 18K in size, you should release it > into the public domain. However, small as my program is, I'm concerned > that it might be commercially exploitable (yes, I'm paranoid, I > know). So, what happens if I want to release a 12K program under the > GPL? Can I? Thanks. > > Greg > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAz+FB7s9z/XlyUyARAkHrAJ9uMbYdWUoU0Yb+JyLEyoDOYS+53QCfe5Al > ++ksKDlAHvTcCPW4djX584Y= > =idmG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
