Re: [directory-discuss] Any admin available to review PeerTube?

[bill-auger]

On Mon, 2018-06-25 at 07:22 +0200, David Hedlund wrote:
> Doesn't the GNU FSDG require that it's mandatory to include license
> headers?

it is not mandatory - the GPL suggests that it is good practice to do so but no
other license that i know of even mentions that - if the FSDG made that
mandatory, then distros would only have GPL programs

ive been holding back from mentioning the elephant on the dining table here; but
i may as well note that this is a web site - yes? a webby-webby web site - as
such, it very likely includes massive entangled piles (aka "bundled") of
obfuscated (aka "minified") javascripts, originating from possibly hundreds of
upstream projects, possibly identified, possibly not, possibly with or without
*any* discernible license, and some possibly downloaded from the net at 
run-time 
to be executed immediately at the client

the license in the project root is probably only attributable to the 
server-side 
code at most - unfortunately web software is not nearly as clean cut as native
programs and requires significantly more scrutiny; with a high likelihood of
panning out as a lost cause rabbit hole - "maybe a volunteer will do it" is not
a reasonable expectation

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