On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, muzzol wrote:
> im sad to see no developers are answering. this is really serious, in
> fact it could be a GPL license violation and is as simple to resolv as

If you're the copyright holder, then your actions can't be GPL violations;
you don't need a license for your own work.  Just because you intend to
put something under the GPL doesn't mean you're REQUIRED to give notice of
that intent in a particular form.  Furthermore, there's nothing in the GPL
saying that it's only valid if mentioned in every source file, and it
would make no sense for that to be a requirement for GPL validity because
in many cases it would be impossible to comply with.  This is, at most, a
violation of Ubuntu's policy.

However, it's an easily resolved one - let's just put the notice in every
source file.  Does Ubuntu have a precise definition of exactly what notice
they want in every source file?  I'm put off if they claim "we require
what the GPL requires" because that's nonsense - the GPL doesn't and can't
require any such thing - but at the same time, it's more important to
satisfy Ubuntu on this point than to convince them.
-- 
Matthew Skala
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http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/

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