Sorry, my mail client got the quoting wrong, 2nd try:
Hi,
On Monday 09 February 2026 01:54:25 AM (+01:00), John Sarabacha wrote:
> Hi Erich and everyone,
> As far as I understand, the derived work may still be published as GPL,
but not any more permissive,
> *if any of the used sources> are explicitly licensed GPL.*
> See the underlined (above),
> That is the point here, AmForth has 118 primary words (in my version in
dict_prims.c), these words can be used to build the entire
> AmForth system. I will only be using the primary words that are in the
public domain (or not original works). Public domain works cannot
> be licensed as GPLv3, just as you cannot relicense anybody else's
licensed works (if only I had this kind of power - I could control all
> software ever produced).
If it doesn't contain traces of amForth, it then should be not named
amForth or AmForth, as it will be something different. Using the same name
for two completely different things would be confusing.
If it does contain traces of amForth, it should be GPLv3 licensed.
Greetings
Carsten
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