GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 661147
Wrong FSF address in copyright header
Last modified: 2011-10-08 20:38:58 UTC
The copyright header uses the old and outdated address of the FSF and should be updated. The following files are affected in 2.30.0: # licensecheck . -R | grep incorrect ./proxy/libproxy/glibproxyresolver.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./proxy/libproxy/glibpacrunner.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./proxy/libproxy/libproxy-module.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./proxy/libproxy/glibproxyresolver.h: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./proxy/gnome/gproxyresolvergnome.h: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./proxy/gnome/gnome-proxy-module.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./proxy/gnome/gproxyresolvergnome.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/tests/tls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gtlsbackend-gnutls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gnutls-module.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gtlsserverconnection-gnutls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gtlsfiledatabase-gnutls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gtlsoutputstream-gnutls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gtlsdatabase-gnutls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gtlsconnection-gnutls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gtlsinputstream-gnutls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gtlscertificate-gnutls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) ./tls/gnutls/gtlsclientconnection-gnutls.c: LGPL (v2 or later) (with incorrect FSF address) For the proper boilerplate in the header see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.html
(In reply to comment #0) > For the proper boilerplate in the header see > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.html My understanding is that the preferred style now is to include the URL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ rather than providing a snail mail address which is both less useful and more likely to get out of date again. But I can't currently find a page that actually contains that text for the LGPLv2... But anyway, fixed in master.
@Dan: you are rigth, take a look at: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html
(In reply to comment #1) > (In reply to comment #0) > > For the proper boilerplate in the header see > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.html > > My understanding is that the preferred style now is to include the URL > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ rather than providing a snail mail address which > is both less useful and more likely to get out of date again. But I can't > currently find a page that actually contains that text for the LGPLv2... Yeah, from version 3 onwards the header no longer uses the FSF address. I was using the license text for LGPLv2 though, as this is what glib-networking is using.