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Re: [bug-gettext] License question regarding po/Rules-quot
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Helge Kreutzmann |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-gettext] License question regarding po/Rules-quot |
Date: |
Wed, 2 Apr 2014 20:18:47 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
Hello,
On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 09:49:30PM +0000, Karl Berry wrote:
> Can I use it even though the
> > programm I i18n is "only" GPL 2 (not GPL 2+)?
>
> Yes. (Although we wish it could be moved to GPLv2+, in general.)
It is on my TODO list.
> As po/Rules-quot is merged into po/Makefile.in (public domain) by the
> configure script, I can't think of any reason po/Rules-quot is
> distributed under a different license (Karl, anyone, correct me if I'm
> wrong).
>
> I agree with you.
>
> However, adding a license notice somewhere would be good,
> indeed.
>
> Yes. It's sufficient to just put "This file, Rules-quot, is in the
> public domain" at the top.
Thanks for the clarification.
Greetings
Helge
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