Removing old notes from the source tree

[Zack Weinberg]

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