Re: RFA: GPLv3: treelang

[Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 03:12:28PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> I could, but is it wise to do so ?  I can see no harm with adding that 
> URL to the header, but if you take away the FSF's address then wouldn't 
> that be penalizing readers who do not have internet access ?
> 
> How about replacing this paragraph:
> 
>   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>   along with this program; see the file COPYING3.  If not, write to
>   the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
>   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
> 
> with this one:
> 
>   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>   along with this program; see the file COPYING3.  Alternatively go
>   to <http://www.gnu.org/licences> or write to the Free Software
>   Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
>   USA.

That text just with the URL is suggested by FSF already in COPYING3:

"To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

    <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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"

If FSF doesn't worry about this, why should GCC do so?

	Jakub