Re: [directory-discuss] Are license files and notices mandatory?

[David Hedlund]

On 2018-07-19 04:19, Richard Stallman wrote:
> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   > https://hg.adblockplus.org/adblockplus/file/tip/COPYING
>
> Is that the master source repo?
>
>   > https://hg.adblockplus.org/adblockplus/file/tip/COPYING exist,
>
> That is good.
>
> Is there anything in that repo that says "This software is
> released under the GNU GPL"?
hg clone https://hg.adblockplus.org/adblockplus/
grep -l "under the GNU GPL" -r adblockplus/ | sort
[No hits]
> What about license notices in source files?
> Do the indi source files in the repo have license notices,
> "This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License"?

grep -l "it under the terms of the GNU General Public License" -r
adblockplus/ | sort
adblockplus/addChecksum.py
adblockplus/chrome/content/objtabs.css
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/composer.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/composer.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/fennecSettings.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/filters-backup.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/filters-filteractions.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/filters-filterview.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/filters.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/filters-search.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/filters-subscriptionactions.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/filters-subscriptionview.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/filters.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/overlay.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/progressBar.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/progressBar.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/sendReport.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/sendReport.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/settings.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/sidebarDetached.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/sidebar.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/sidebar.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/subscriptionSelection.js
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/subscriptionSelection.xul
adblockplus/chrome/content/ui/utils.js
adblockplus/chrome/skin/composer.css
adblockplus/chrome/skin/filters.css
adblockplus/chrome/skin/overlay.css
adblockplus/chrome/skin/sendReport.css
adblockplus/chrome/skin/sidebar.css
adblockplus/chrome/skin/subscriptionSelection.css
adblockplus/COPYING
adblockplus/ext/background.js
adblockplus/ext/common.js
adblockplus/ext/content.js
adblockplus/lib/appSupport.js
adblockplus/lib/child/bootstrap.js
adblockplus/lib/child/contentPolicy.js
adblockplus/lib/child/contextMenu.js
adblockplus/lib/child/dataCollector.js
adblockplus/lib/child/elemHideEmulation.js
adblockplus/lib/child/elemHide.js
adblockplus/lib/child/flasher.js
adblockplus/lib/child/main.js
adblockplus/lib/child/objectTabs.js
adblockplus/lib/child/requestNotifier.js
adblockplus/lib/child/subscribeLinks.js
adblockplus/lib/child/utils.js
adblockplus/lib/contentPolicy.js
adblockplus/lib/customizableUI.js
adblockplus/lib/elemHideEmulation.js
adblockplus/lib/elemHideFF.js
adblockplus/lib/io.js
adblockplus/lib/legacyIO.js
adblockplus/lib/main.js
adblockplus/lib/messaging.js
adblockplus/lib/objectTabs.js
adblockplus/lib/Public.jsm
adblockplus/lib/requestNotifier.js
adblockplus/lib/sync.js
adblockplus/lib/ui.js
adblockplus/lib/utils.js
adblockplus/lib/whitelisting.js
adblockplus/normalizeLocales.pl
adblockplus/search_and_replace.pl
adblockplus/test_locales.pl
adblockplus/update_locales.py
adblockplus/validateChecksum.py
adblockplus/webextension/background.js
adblockplus/webextension/io.js


>
>   > 
> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/1018006/adblock_plus-3.2-an+fx.xpi
>
> That is secondary; the developers' source repo is primary.
> So let's focus concentrate on that, and only that.
>