
Originally Posted by
Exophase
They're supposed to improve it by working with the maintainer(s), not releasing their own forks for kicks :P
Here, let me paste this from the FAQ in the gpSP readme.
"Q) I want to modify gpSP. How can I do this, and am I at liberty to do
so?
A) Yes, you are, under the terms of the GPL (see the included COPYING.DOC). You can download the sourcecode from whereever you downloaded this; if you can't find it please e-mail me and I'll give you a link to it. I would vastly appreciate it if you contacted me first before forking my project, especially if you're just looking to gain recognition without adding much to it. It's better to keep all changes tidy in one branch of development.
I would like to stress this a little more seriously (hopefully those interested are reading this). Although you are legally entitled to release your own forks of gpSP it would be much more benficial to me, to you, and to the users of this program if you instead tried working with me to get your changes incorporated into the next version. I really don't feel like competing with other builds of my source anymore, so please do me a big favor and send me an e-mail if you want to work with gpSP."
I don't think I have to add anything else here.
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