Ramana Kumar <[email protected]> writes: > On 20 December 2015 at 03:02, Mark Holmquist <[email protected] >> wrote: > > The GPL, for all the good it does in the world, is a more complex > license to administer and enforce. You must include license > headers in all of the files in your project, for example, which > may not be a viable option for some, or may be a step that others > ignore. > > > It's a common misconception that the GPL is somehow distinguished in > requiring you to include license headers in all the files in your > project, because the FSF explicitly recommends doing so. However, > this is not a GPL-specific recommendation. See http://www.gnu.org/ > licenses/gpl-faq.html#NoticeInSourceFile. You should be doing that > with any free license. > > I'd say the GPL is distinguished in that its stewards have done their > research and care about the purpose of a copyright license for > promoting software freedom, and the legal mechanisms for implementing > it. Others (like the WTFPL author) seem to think licensing is just a > statement of philosophy or just for fun, and not a legal tool with a > specific purpose.
Well said. -- "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice"
