RE: [Help-gnutls] License Info for Example Code

[Cort, Tom]

Hi,

Thanks for replying so quickly.

> You can assume this license:
> /* Copyright 2007 Free Software Foundation
>  *
>  * Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
modification,
>  * are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
>  * notice and this notice are preserved.
>  */

Is that license compatible with "GPLv3 or later" (i.e. can I copy and
paste the examples into my GPLv3 or later software without violating
either license provided I include the notice above)? How should the
copyright header in my program look? Is this okay...

/*
 * libfoo - bar bar bar.
 * Copyright (C) 2007  Vermont Department of Taxes
 *
 * 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/>.
 *
 * ---
 *
 * GNU TLS Examples - ex-session-info.c, ex-rfc2818.c, ex-client2.c
 * Copyright 2007 Free Software Foundation
 *
 * Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
 * are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
 * notice and this notice are preserved.
 */

--
Tom Cort
Systems Developer
Vermont Department of Taxes