Minicom licensing

[Adam Lackorzynski]

Hi Lubomir,

On Wed Oct 10, 2007 at 11:32:09 +0200, Lubomir Kundrak wrote:
> The COPYING file reads
> 
> >    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> >    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> >    the Free Software Foundation; version 2 dated June, 1991.
> 
> while the headers of source code files do read
> 
> >  *              This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> >  *              modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
> >  *              as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
> >  *              2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> 
> As far as I know, from the legal standpoint the file headers apply
> (correct me if I am wrong).

Well, IANAL, so I don't know for sure but your suggestion sounds
plausible.

> Adam: Could you please replace the COPYING
> file with one that would server its purpose -- the full text of GPLv2?

I'll take /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL from a Debian Etch system
(GPLv2 text).

> The GPL license headers also shouldn't miss the following:
> 
> >     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> >     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Hmm, ok.


Adam
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