On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 12:52:42AM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: > So -- how about if we change this text in standards.texi: > > For more information about these matters, > see the files named COPYING. > > into this text instead: > > For more information about these matters, > see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. > > This text is merely part an example (it's not a requirement), but the > in my opinion the URL is far more likely to be useful in practice > these days.
Agreed, but there is the theoretically-countervailing point that we probably prefer programs to be distributed with source (and hence the COPYING file) rather than distributed with a URL for the source. An equally minor nit is that URL always points to the latest version of the GPL, while a person receiving a source distribution typically has the choice of a small number of versions of the GPL (i.e. the version of ther license they actually received plus any later version). Regards, James. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
