Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] my intro

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 09:56:47PM +0000, Noah Slater wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:30:56PM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 09:09:40PM +0000, Noah Slater wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 07:27:47PM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > > > We recommend using 'COPYING' but we do not have any hard requirement. 
> > > > As long
> > > > as the license is present in the top-level directory it's fine. I've 
> > > > seen
> > > > files such as 'LGPL' or 'BSD' too.
> > >
> > > Is it okay if COPYING is added by GNU Automake at packaging time but is
> > > absent from the actual source. I do not like keeping generated files in my
> > > repository and this is no exception.
> >
> > I think COPYING is exception in this case, essentially for the reasons
> > mentioned at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude
> 
> An exception? Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.

I think COPYING is *no* exception in this case, essentially for the reasons
mentioned at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude

Sorry for the typo -_-'

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Sylvain