From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,faf964ea4531e6af X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,43ae7f61992b3213 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Barry Margolin Subject: Re: GPL and "free" software Date: 1999/04/27 Message-ID: <7clV2.95$jw4.11389@burlma1-snr2>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 471508732 Distribution: world References: <7fibd5$jc7$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net> <7g2gqk$ffk$1@52-a-usw.rb1.blv.nwnexus.net> <7g39vc$o8p$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Complaints-To: abuse@gte.net X-Trace: /K49oBOxWiZFPbAgy6iaEl4ToCMcU3ewt+POHLwxHeeN1LmsclonUeTiXCAZdXtmqnUtKQM3LVka!YoMAmXi3ttCrbl2Du0p8sQCAyPO5JT21iGuLNT6FDPuszGYllUKnT19oRlMv Organization: GTE Internetworking, Cambridge, MA X-Copies-To: never NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:02:11 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Originator: barmar@bbnplanet.com (Barry Margolin) Date: 1999-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <7g39vc$o8p$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, Robert Dewar wrote: >In article , > kturvey@pug1.sprocketshop.com (Kenneth P. Turvey) wrote: > >> It should be noted that `telling' C that the software is >> GPL'ed could be simply including the standard COPYING >> file on the CD. > >Dubious. You really need a proper copyright statement, so >that you are sure you are receiving a license from the >copyright holder. Normally this would be done in a much >more explicit way. You also need a written offer at least >to provide the sources. The GPL requires interactive programs to display a copyright notice when they start up, but where would such a notice would go in other cases (e.g. GCC, or a library)? Normally it's in the source code, but if the source code isn't supplied that obviously is moot. The COPYING file is usually the location of the copyright and license for the package as a whole. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@bbnplanet.com GTE Internetworking, Powered by BBN, Burlington, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.