From 022633cd948f500e90e60ec1b4b498332206fb55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martin <martin>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 02:56:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Some clarification of the GPL

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 <H2>Introduction</H2>
  
 <P>Moodle is a software package for producing internet-based courses and web sites. 
-  It's an ongoing development project designed to support a <A HREF="http://dougiamas.com/writing/constructivism.html">constructivist</A> 
-  framework of education. </P>
-<P>Moodle is given away freely as <A HREF="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html"> 
+  It's an ongoing development project designed to support a <A HREF="http://dougiamas.com/writing/constructivism.html">social constructionist</A> framework of education. </P>
+
+<P>Moodle is provided freely as <A HREF="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html"> 
   Open Source</A> software (under the <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"> 
-  GNU Public License</A>). It will run on any computer that can run <A HREF="http://www.php.net/"> 
+  GNU Public License</A>).  Basically this means Moodle is copyrighted, but that you have additional 
+  freedoms.  You are allowed to copy, use and modify Moodle <B>provided</B> that you agree: to provide 
+  the source to others; to not modify or remove the original license, and apply this same 
+  license to any derivative work.
+
+<P>Moodle will run on any computer that can run <A HREF="http://www.php.net/"> 
   PHP</A>, and supports almost every brand of database.</P>
+
 <P>The word Moodle is an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning 
   Environment, which is mostly useful to programmers and education theorists.&nbsp; 
   &nbsp;It's also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through 
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