DC++ / Code / Merge Request #2: Update license notices (rejected)

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[996adf] (default, tip) by Boris Pek Update license notices See: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html	2019-03-23 21:02:19	Tree

poy - 2019-03-26

thanks for the change - however I think this has been revised in GPL 3 but not GPL 2. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html still shows the older postal-address version at the bottom; I'd rather keep that version for now until we move to GPL 3.

unless lawyers who would know better can confirm the website-address version also works for GPL 2? :)

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- Boris Pek - 2019-03-26
  
  1) Have you looked at proposed changes? All versions of GPL are available at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/
  2) This is just license notes, but not the license itself. Have you read why they are needed at all?
  3) And the final shot: current "postal-address" in your sources is invalid: FSF have moved from "59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA." to "51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA." very long time ago...
  
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- Boris Pek - 2019-03-26
  
  unless lawyers who would know better can confirm the website-address version also works for GPL 2? :)
  
  Why do you need a lawyers opinion if article at page https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html exlicitly say:
  
  To use a different set of GPL versions, you would modify the end of the first long paragraph. For instance, to license under version 2 or later, you would replace “3” with “2”.
  
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Boris Pek - 2019-03-26

And I didn't even mention that:

Paper correspondence for such issues in 2019 is absolute nonsense.

Other projects under GPLv2 license already use proposed above license notices during long time and I have not heard about any issues with this.

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Boris Pek - 2019-04-03

Please merge or reject this MR.

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Boris Pek - 2019-04-13

Ping?

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Boris Pek - 2019-05-04

Ping?

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Boris Pek - 2019-05-11

Mercurial is extremely inconvenient and intransparent software. Please merge or reject this MR, so I will be able to propose other changes.

Or do you reject changes from exterior developers at all? This would explain the amount of DC++ forks...

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Boris Pek - 2019-09-17

Status: open --> rejected
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