Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Prepare to update your license notices!

[Sylvain Beucler]

This notification happened because I fixed the script and then had the
item published again in the news archives.

On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:28:05AM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> 
> Because of the new address, the FSF is releasing a new version of the GPL -
> it's not version 3 yet, it's actually the third revision of version 2.  Like
> the previous revision, it will differ only in that it will contain FSF's new
> address.  This version will be available and effective on Friday, April 29,
> 2005.
> 
> When you next get the chance, please go through your source code and replace
> the old copy of the GPL with the new version.
> 
> Also, old notices should be replaced with new ones. The following shell
> command will help you do this in a sloppy way. Its results should be
> carefully checked - it will not work, among others, if the address spans
> multiple lines:
> 
> find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -e 's/59 Temple Place - Suite 330/51
> Franklin Street, Fifth Floor/;s/02111-1307/02110-1301/;'
> 
> The FSF will also be releasing new revisions of the LGPL and the FDL.
> 
> The GPL HOWTO will then provide updated information:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html