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| From: | Ineiev |
| Subject: | Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Reviewing of project: Named Constant Generator (GenNC) |
| Date: | Sat, 17 Aug 2013 05:57:13 +0000 |
On 08/16/2013 10:23 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
ineiev> I wonder whether it is really crucial for files like
> README, AUTHORS, THANKS, ABOUT-NLS to carry copyright notices.
They are files like any others that will need to be modified as time
goes by. I personally see no reason why they should be an exception to
needing a license, presuming they are long enough to meet the "dozen or
so lines" criterion.
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So if you think there is a case for such ancillary files to not require a license notice in principle, I suggest writing to rms or perhaps address@hidden and see if they agree. Or you can make the case to me first if you want :).
I see no actual reasons; I just checked the files in the GNU package I maintain (and it wasn't me who wrote those files originally, it were more knowledgeable people) and noticed that README and THANKS lack copyright notices; then I unpacked a GCC distribution tarball and found no copyright notices in AUTHORS and ABOUT-NLS. probably it's a bug.
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