On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 20:21, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:35:49PM -0500, David Turner wrote: > > Per-project changelogs have always been considered to be compliant with > > (2)(a) -- nothink says the markings must be in the files themselves. > > That's news to me. I even asked RMS about it and he said he'd have > to think about it. This was a few years ago and I never heard back, > so I figured he was still thinking. (This was in the context of > suggestions for GPLv3.)
I just suggested an alternate wording for GPLv3 to him, Brad, and Eben because of your last message. I hope my patch will be accepted. But Changelogs are what most GNU programs do, anyway. > So you think that an entry in a separate changelog counts as "to carry > prominent notices"? What do you base that on? Carrying is generally > done by the carrier, and I note that GPL 2a specifically refers to > "the modified files", where everywhere else it speaks of "modified > work" or "modified program". It's fuzzy enough that I think Changelogs match what's required, but also fuzzy enough that I want to clarify it. -- -Dave Turner Stalk Me: 617 441 0668 "On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock." -Thomas Jefferson
