[Tlf-devel] Source files license boilerplate discrepancy

[Nate Bargmann]

I've been poking at the various source files for a while and have found
a discrepancy in the license boilerplate (this is from changepars.c,
others are quite similar):

/*
 * Tlf - contest logging program for amateur radio operators
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2002-2003 Rein Couperus <address@hidden>
 *
 * 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 2 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 Library General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */


The discrepancy is the line:

GNU Library General Public License for more details.

as the included file COPYING is only for the GNU General Public License.

I presume this is an honest copy and paste error that has gone
unnoticed.  The proper fix would be to simply remove the word "Library"
from that one particular line of all source files provided that all
copyright holders on each file give their approval.  I am willing to
make the corrections and submit a patch once such approval is made
public to this list.

As I see it, leaving the text as-is results in some ambiguity although I
think that other evidence points to the intent of the source being
licensed under the GPL and not the LGPL.

73, de Nate >>

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