[RFC] what should we do about COPYING?

[Michael Snyder]

Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Michael Snyder pointed out that gdb/COPYING contains the GPLv2,
> whereas GDB is now under GPLv3. I was simply going to replace the
> contents of COPYING with the GPLv3, except that I noticed an
> inconsistent resolution depending on the project. For instance:
> 
>   - In the root directory, we have COPYING (v2) and COPYING3 (v3);
>   - In bfd, we have COPYING that contains the GPL v3.
> 
> I personally do not see the point of keeping the GPL v2 around,
> and thus suggest that we replace the contents COPYING rather than
> adding an extra file named COPYING3.  Note that we have a couple
> of extra copies in the sim directory as well.
> 

I agree.  v2 COPYING should just go.