Re: GPL is more than copying conditions

[Per Bothner]

On 6/5/23 22:26, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> >     If someone is looking for a license, most people will not
> >     expect to find it in a file named COPYING.
>
> For our programs, and programs licensed under a GNU license that is
> not true.

Saying "that is not true" does not make it so.

Perhaps you meant:
"People who are already familar with the Free Software movement and
its traditions will look for a file named COPYING when checking the license."

For everybody else, I'm pretty sure that is not the case.

"COPYING" is not even mentioned in the relevant GitHub page:
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/licensing-a-repository
You may consider GitHub anathema, but it is the biggest player when hosting 
Free Software
(if you define Free Software by license and freedoms as opposed to culture).
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