[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of hdup - backup files with encryption and network support - savannah.nongnu.org

[Mathieu Roy]

Miek Gieben <address@hidden> a tapoté :

> [On 16 Oct, @15:40, Mathieu wrote in "Re: submission of hdup - backu ..."]
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I approved your project but please do not forget to include a plain
> 
> thanks,
> 
> > text copy of the GPL in your package/cvs.
> 
> why must I do that? Isn't it sufficient to just say GPL and point
> to the gnu's website?

Not it is not.

"Including a copy of the license with the work is vital so that everyone
who gets a copy of the program can know what his rights are. 

It might be tempting to include a URL that refers to the license,
instead of the license itself. But you cannot be sure that the URL
will still be valid, five years or ten years from now. Twenty years
from now, URLs as we know them today may no longer exist. 

The only way to make sure that people who have copies of the program
will continue to be able to see the license, despite all the changes
that will happen in the network, is to include a copy of the license
in the program."

<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude>


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