Messages in this thread | | | From | jbradford@dial ... | Subject | Re: BK MetaData License Problem? | Date | Sun, 6 Oct 2002 15:23:38 +0100 (BST) |
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> > until now the Linux kernel tree was distributed in a tarball that had a > nice COPYING file in a very prominent spot. With BK the situation is > different - and like i said in previous mails it's not BK's "fault", but > BK's "effect" - and it's a situation that needs to be remedied, right?
Strictly speaking, isn't it a violation of the GPL for somebody to distribute a single file of any GPLed project, without attaching the COPYING file to it?
E.G. say somebody makes a CVS tree available via the web - you can download foobar.c without ever seeing the COPYING file.
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