[Sugar-devel] Full Licence field

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Mon Mar 2 14:18:04 EST 2009


Elena of Valhalla wrote:
> no, GPL doesn't[1], a pointer is enough, but GNU FDL does
> 
> [1] "You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."

Not true, that sentence is there to cope with projects which don't bother
including the license as required (see also the "should have received"
wording).

Section 4 of the GPLv3 actually requires you to:
"give all recipients a copy of this License along with the Program."
Likewise, section 1 of the GPLv2 requires you to:
"give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with
the Program."

See also:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude

        Kevin Kofler



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