Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 17 Oct 2000 05:50:18 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Multiple redundant copies of GPL license file |
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9 mharris@asdf:~/src$ find linux-2.4.0-test9/ -name COPYING linux-2.4.0-test9/fs/hfs/COPYING linux-2.4.0-test9/COPYING linux-2.4.0-test9/drivers/sound/COPYING
I have looked at all 3 files. All 3 are copies of the GPLv2 license file, with the linux-2.4.0-test9/COPYING one being the one Linus has added a comment to the top of.
I do not see any reason for including 3 identical copies of the license. Linus, please remove the files:
linux-2.4.0-test9/fs/hfs/COPYING, linux-2.4.0-test9/drivers/sound/COPYING
The only other difference found is the address of the FSF differs between the files. The FSF's main pages show the GPL license (the official current copy) as having:
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
So Linus's COPYING file in the source root is correct, and the other two files can be deleted.
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