Re: Is there a "GNU Diff General Public License"?

[Paul Eggert]

"Guenther, Erich" <address@hidden> writes:

> we have found a reference to a license called "gnu diff general public 
> license" in the files:
>  \diffutils-2.8.1\src\ifdef.c
>   \diffutils-2.8.1\src\side.c

Thanks for catching that typo.  I installed this fix:

* src/ifdef.c: Fix typo: "GNU DIFF General Public License" should be
"GNU General Public License".  Reported by Erich Guenther.
* src/side.c: Likewise.
Index: src/ifdef.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/diffutils/diffutils/src/ifdef.c,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -p -r1.19 ifdef.c
--- src/ifdef.c 13 Mar 2006 19:11:17 -0000      1.19
+++ src/ifdef.c 19 Jul 2007 17:19:36 -0000
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.  No author or distributor
    accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it
    or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all,
-   unless he says so in writing.  Refer to the GNU DIFF General Public
+   unless he says so in writing.  Refer to the GNU General Public
    License for full details.

    Everyone is granted permission to copy, modify and redistribute
    GNU DIFF, but only under the conditions described in the
-   GNU DIFF General Public License.   A copy of this license is
+   GNU General Public License.   A copy of this license is
    supposed to have been given to you along with GNU DIFF so you
    can know your rights and responsibilities.  It should be in a
    file named COPYING.  Among other things, the copyright notice
Index: src/side.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/diffutils/diffutils/src/side.c,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -p -r1.15 side.c
--- src/side.c  12 Apr 2004 07:44:35 -0000      1.15
+++ src/side.c  19 Jul 2007 17:19:36 -0000
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.  No author or distributor
    accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it
    or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all,
-   unless he says so in writing.  Refer to the GNU DIFF General Public
+   unless he says so in writing.  Refer to the GNU General Public
    License for full details.

    Everyone is granted permission to copy, modify and redistribute
    GNU DIFF, but only under the conditions described in the
-   GNU DIFF General Public License.   A copy of this license is
+   GNU General Public License.   A copy of this license is
    supposed to have been given to you along with GNU DIFF so you
    can know your rights and responsibilities.  It should be in a
    file named COPYING.  Among other things, the copyright notice