On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 01:00:24PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
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> > The .dox files seem to make up the bulk of the manual consisting of
> > the "User Manual", the various parts of GNU radio, and what not and
> > are scattered around in various doc/ directories.
>
> Based on that, I conclude that the .dox files are source code for
> the manual, and so are the C++ files.
>
> Do the .dox files state any license?
There is no license in dox files.
admin-> find . -name '*.dox'
./gr-qtgui/doc/qtgui.dox
./gr-fec/doc/fec.dox
./gr-uhd/doc/uhd.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/operating_fg.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/volk_guide.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/usage.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/build_guide.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/pmt.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/components.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/thread_affinity.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/prefs.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/oot_config.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/msg_passing.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/packet_txrx.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/logger.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/metadata.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/ctrlport.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/pfb_intro.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/python_blocks.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/group_defs.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/perf_counters.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/ofdm.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/tagged_stream_blocks.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/main_page.dox
./docs/doxygen/other/stream_tags.dox
./docs/exploring-gnuradio/exploring_gnuradio.dox
./gr-analog/doc/analog.dox
./gr-fft/doc/fft.dox
./gr-fcd/doc/fcd.dox
./gr-filter/doc/filter.dox
./gr-vocoder/doc/vocoder.dox
./gr-channels/doc/channels.dox
./volk/docs/extending_volk.dox
./volk/docs/kernels.dox
./volk/docs/terms_and_techniques.dox
./volk/docs/using_volk.dox
./volk/docs/main_page.dox
./gr-utils/python/modtool/gr-newmod/docs/doxygen/other/group_defs.dox
./gr-utils/python/modtool/gr-newmod/docs/doxygen/other/main_page.dox
./gr-zeromq/docs/zeromq.dox
./gr-digital/doc/digital.dox
./gr-digital/doc/packet_comms.dox
./gr-blocks/doc/blocks.dox
./gr-audio/doc/audio.dox
admin-> find . -name '*.dox' -exec grep -i license {} \;
[~/Downloads/Software/gnuradio-3.7.10.1]
admin-> find . -name '*.dox' -exec grep -i licence {} \;
And no results for GPL, GFDL, free software, and similar.
The downloader of software may simply assume that .dox files and
documentation is licensed under the GPL version 3+.
Jean Louis
