I feel like rewriting a GPL thing based on the GPL version should require the GPL licence. After all, you’ve built something on top of GPL code which means it’s also GPL right?
If I go and build my own implimentation of GTK, how do I even prove that I made it entirely without looking at GTK because that’s what’s required to relicense right?
Solely from the fact that I’m telling you I made my own implementation of GTK, I’m admitting It’s not clean room right?
I feel like rewriting a GPL thing based on the GPL version should require the GPL licence. After all, you’ve built something on top of GPL code which means it’s also GPL right?
No. Not even a little. It’s a copyright, not a patent.
I feel like rewriting a GPL thing based on the GPL version should require the GPL licence. After all, you’ve built something on top of GPL code which means it’s also GPL right?
If I go and build my own implimentation of GTK, how do I even prove that I made it entirely without looking at GTK because that’s what’s required to relicense right?
Solely from the fact that I’m telling you I made my own implementation of GTK, I’m admitting It’s not clean room right?
No. Not even a little. It’s a copyright, not a patent.