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Re: Removing old notes from the source tree
- From: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>
- To: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 07:56:43 -0400
- Subject: Re: Removing old notes from the source tree
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On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Zack Weinberg wrote:
>>
>> whether we actually need COPYING as well as COPYING.LIB
>
> It's useful for code that is not intended to be installed as part of the
> library and that lists the GPL as its license, e.g., catgets/gencat.c.
Well, OK, but having the file at top level might confuse people into
thinking that the entire library is dual-licensed. If the GPL weren't
so long I would suggest dumping it into LICENSES with the rest of the
"this applies at your option to only some of the files in this tree"
cases. Anyone have a better idea?
zw