[bt-devel] LICENSE file uses obsolete copy of GPLv2, and is modified?

[Thomas Abthorpe]

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On May 4, 2009 01:11:46 am Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> Looking again at svn r1268, I noticed two things:
>
> (1) The LICENSE file has extra added material at the top which is not
> present in the GNU GPL licence; since the file does not clearly
> distinguish where this header ends and the licence begins, and the GPL
> expressly forbids modifications, I'm left wondering what the reason for
> adding the header is, and whether it is really advisable to add it?
>
> (2) The text of the GPL that is included is very old, using an incorrect
> (old) address for the FSF and referring to the now-defunct Library GPL
> (it is now called the Lesser GPL, and has been for several years).
>
> I'd suggest simply replacing the BibleTime LICENSE file with the text of
> the GPL v2, as downloaded from
>
>   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
>
> without any changes at all.  Note that BibleTime copyright information
> is not part of the GPL licence itself, but is included in the source
> code files themselves.
>
> Jonathan
>

Point well taken, thanks Jonathan, I will update it according!


Thomas



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