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FromShawn Willden <>
SubjectRe: Additional clauses to GPL in network drivers
DateSun, 7 Dec 2003 23:40:56 -0700
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On Sunday 07 December 2003 08:51 pm, David Schwartz wrote:

> 	It is definitely redundant. The idea is that if a portion of the
> distribution ever winds up somewhere, the terms are still clear. 

The FSF recommends including a notice in every file, also.  The text they 
suggest is:

    This file is part of Foobar.

    Foobar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    Foobar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with Foobar; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA


http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html

For Linux the first paragraph would have to be modified to harmonized with 
Linus' choice of GPL version.

	Shawn.
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