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remove overreaching citation notice
Quoting the gpl-faq:
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> Does the GPL allow me to add terms that would require citation or
> acknowledgment in research papers which use the GPL-covered software or its
> output? (#RequireCitation)
> .
> No, this is not permitted under the terms of the GPL. While we recognize
> that proper citation is an important part of academic publications,
> citation cannot be added as an additional requirement to the GPL. Requiring
> citation in research papers which made use of GPL'd software goes beyond
> what would be an acceptable additional requirement under section 7(b) of
> GPLv3, and therefore would be considered an additional restriction under
> Section 7 of the GPL. And copyright law does not allow you to place such a
> requirement on the output of software, regardless of whether it is licensed
> under the terms of the GPL or some other license.
.
Therefore, removing this to make parallel GPL-compliant.
While I agree with the GPL FAQ I found the following change inside the
code while refreshing the patch:
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# Before changing this line, please read
# https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_design.html#Citation-notice
# https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/parallel.git/tree/doc/citation-notice-faq.txt
.
Thus this patch is again up for discussion.
Comment: Upstream has enforced his statement by adding
# You accept to be put in a public hall of shame by removing
# these lines.
before the code lines we change in a patch. Andreas Tille does not think that this
kind of statements invalidate the right to change the code as it is granted by GPL
and was discussed above.
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