[Savannah-register-public] [task #13205] Submission of Claws Mail

[Pavel Kharitonov]

Follow-up Comment #7, task #13205 (project administration):

> Well, given VCS history I don't think we can set an appropriate copyright...
Anyway we're already looking for a solution for this...

Thank you!

> It's just a pointer, like own's GPL usage, though less verbose, of course,
and much more direct. The pointed file contains all the information, including
copyright and license version. 
>
> I'm curious why do you think it doesn't do. Is it not understandable? Do you
know of any case where something like this has been defeated in a court maybe?


For the reference: I looked at
http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=blob;f=COPYING;h=bd673f83dcf2a113448b2adfaf8b72cea97fe0d0;hb=58a62e07e425e957a5f3ae53d51e60b3a103fd20

It doesn't say files are GPLv3 or later, so I'd interpret this as
"GPLv3-only"; formally, COPYING is a modification of the GPLv3, which is
forbidden.

There are also other practical concerns: let us imagine that the files are
copied to another project where the texts of licenses (for different files)
are GPL, LGPL, MIT and a few more, and COPYING is Apache 2.0; the context
would be lost, unlike if you put the notices as the GPL recommends.

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