[Bioc-devel] Question on GPL2 license copyright

[Meng, Chen]

I think if the package copied you code is also published in GPL license 
and other people can access all the code of that package (it's likely 
the case in bioconductor), then there is no problem.

Best,
Chen

On 27.07.22 17:18, Jiping Wang wrote:
> Not to my understanding. The core codes (Fortran) from my package were identically copied with only function name change in their package. If they call functions or import functions from my package, that’s not an issue. But instead they just copied my codes and made their package.
>
> From: Jianhong Ou, Ph.D. <jianhong.ou using duke.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 10:15 AM
> To: Jiping Wang <jzwang using northwestern.edu>, bioc-devel using r-project.org <bioc-devel using r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] Question on GPL2 license copyright
> Does that package import or depend on your package?
>
> From: Bioc-devel <bioc-devel-bounces using r-project.org> on behalf of Jiping Wang <jzwang using northwestern.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 11:03 AM
> To: bioc-devel using r-project.org <bioc-devel using r-project.org>
> Subject: [Bioc-devel] Question on GPL2 license copyright
> Hi,
>
> I have a general question about Bioconductor package copyright. I have a Bioconductor package. I recently found most of the core codes of my package have been mostly copied and packaged into another package and published in Bioconductor. Although the new package says it�s a �derivative� of my package. But does it violate the copyright under GPL-2?  Thanks.
>
> Best,
> Ji-Ping Wang
>
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