Advice on redistribution of a SW licensed under GPL v2+

[Gedare Bloom]

SAeeD,

You're right this is off-topic and you may try to look for a better
answer by asking on a forum like stackexchange. The basic idea for
re-distributing GPL code though is you just copy the original code
as-is (save a copy of it), and then you can release modified versions
under gpl2 without a problem. If anyone asks, you have to provide the
license, original code and your modifications if you distribute a
binary. On GitHub you can just "Fork" the project and pile your
commits on to your fork. I would not add anyone else's copyright, but
you may add your own if you make substantial changes. You should also
consider how you can merge your work with the upstream Slingshot.

Gedare

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Saeed Ehteshamifar
<salpha.2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As far as I understood GPL by skimming the FAQ, I can redistribute a
> repository which is licensed under GPL v2, as long as I keep the references
> to the original authors.
> 1. Am I right on this understanding?
> 2. How should I keep the references to orig when there is no Copyright
> Notice on top of each file? Should I add them manually or only refer to orig
> in my LICENSE file?
> 3. How should I deal with files from orig that don't have Copyright Notice
> and have been modified by me? May I add my name and Copyright Notice on top?
>
> This (Slingshot) is the original repository I want to redistribute, again
> under GPL v2+.
>
> Sorry if this is not the right place to ask such questions but I thought
> RTEMS guys are experienced in this legal stuff and can quickly help me.
> Slingshot is also going to be a fault injection tool for RTEMS. ;)
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> SAeeD
>
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