Re: [Tlf-devel] Source files license boilerplate discrepancy

[Thomas Beierlein]

Nice catch, Nate. I just wonder how long I looked at all that files
without seeeing and realizing it. 

It seems the problem exists in all source files. I had a look in the
oldest version I could find - tlf-0.9.10 from 2003. The problem did 
already already exist in all that old files. 

I by myself have no problems to put all my work under the stricter GPL.
So we need at least a statement from Rein about his opinion. 

73, de Tom DL1JBE.


Am Fri, 5 Jul 2013 11:02:57 -0500
schrieb Nate Bargmann <address@hidden>:

> I've been poking at the various source files for a while and have
> found a discrepancy in the license boilerplate (this is from
> changepars.c, others are quite similar):
> 
> /*
>  * Tlf - contest logging program for amateur radio operators
>  * Copyright (C) 2001-2002-2003 Rein Couperus <address@hidden>
>  *
>  * 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.
>  *
>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>  * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
>  *
>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
> 02111-1307, USA. */
> 
> 
> The discrepancy is the line:
> 
> GNU Library General Public License for more details.
> 
> as the included file COPYING is only for the GNU General Public
> License.
> 
> I presume this is an honest copy and paste error that has gone
> unnoticed.  The proper fix would be to simply remove the word
> "Library" from that one particular line of all source files provided
> that all copyright holders on each file give their approval.  I am
> willing to make the corrections and submit a patch once such approval
> is made public to this list.
> 
> As I see it, leaving the text as-is results in some ambiguity
> although I think that other evidence points to the intent of the
> source being licensed under the GPL and not the LGPL.
> 
> 73, de Nate >>
> 



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