[task #16584] Submission of StoneValley

[John Cage]

Follow-up Comment #29, task #16584 (group administration):


> Let us recall the question: it was if including a copy of the LGPL
> is a requirement.  How does this passage relates to that?

This paragraph notices users "and how to view a copy of this License". It
tells users to include a copy or a link to GPL.

> What license this paragraph refers to?

This paragraph refers to the GPL license. Since LGPL is an additional text to
the GPL license, the LGPL license doesn't really link to any topic of
including a copy of LGPL.

> I think my approach was wrong.  I should have been clearer.

> The context I meant was including the legal notices as comments
> in every copyrightable file the tarball contains.   As I've already
> said, the copyright disclaimer isn't really a notice, it's a paper
> signed by the interested parties.  Likewise, the license files can't
> be such notices because (in cases like the GNU GPL or Apache 2.0)
> the tarball is expected to only contain one copy of their texts
> (or possibly another copy in the specific format to include
> the license in the documentation).  The startup notice and the
> Affero notice are displayed by the program when it runs, they
> are not comments in copyrightable files.

> Now you should have questions.  What are they?

Do you mean this notice?

    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.



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