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Re: gpl version 2 for cvs
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: gpl version 2 for cvs |
Date: |
Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:27:11 -0400 (EDT) |
Karl Berry writes:
>
> 1) Because there are (small) bugs in version 1. That's why there was a
> version 2, after all.
Do you know what they are? I've looked at gnu.org, but I can't find any
summary of the changes from version 1 to version 2 or any rationale for
the revisions. And there are enough minor wording changes to make diff
pretty ineffective.
> 2) So that the cvs copyrights have a better chance of standing up in
> court if they are challenged. That's the whole point of having
> copyrights and licenses.
It looks to me like the existing copyright notices do follow the
suggestions. In what way do you think they're defective?
-Larry Jones
I think my cerebellum just fused. -- Calvin