Re: license: comma or semicolon?

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 1/3/22 00:46, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>> Comparing some of the license headers, I found that some modules are using a 
>> comma or
>> a semicolon in the 3rd line of the text:
> 
> Why would that matter?
> 
> I'm all for having clear and unambiguous license headers. But whether there is
> a comma or a semicolon here, does not cause possible misinterpretations either
> way.

For the human reader this is no problem at all, of course, and probably almost 
no
persons would notice the difference.  For human eyes the difference is probably 
less
than US-vs-UK words or spelling.

(FWIW: not sure if there is a legal implication if the license is not cited 
100% ...)

It's just that comparison tools show the difference, and the copyright header 
is a
prominent place.  A one-time fix would possibly just avoid more future diversion
by copy-paste.

Have a nice day,
Berny