> Did you ask RMS about programs with no license headers or programs > that happen to not include a copy of the license?
These are files in which the header asserts copyright, but does not mention a license. > If GPL headers are there, then the author has probably just forgotten > to include a copy of the license and usually a note will clear that > up. If you've got programs with no headers at all or just a smattering > of BSD and MIT, then I don't think you can assume that those programs > are free. If a license were mentioned at all -- and even it just said "Distribute under GPLv2" -- I would have categorized the file as being under GPLv2. I expect that these files were meant to be free, but all they say is something like this: * Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Andi Kleen, SuSE Labs (x86-64 port) The simple, but inconvenient, interpretation is that this means "not free" until otherwise specified. _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
