Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Feb 01 2006 - 19:13:33 EST


> The "license notices" _are_ an integral part of the program. Nothing else
> makes sense. They are often in the same files (that's the most common case
> by far), and as I showed you, they are often (as in the case of the GPL
> license notice itself) actually _linked_in_ into the actual binary itself.

The COPYING file is not part of the program. I'm sorry you can't get
that into your brain but continually bleating that it doesn't make sense
won't actually get you anywhere. Please go and talk to a law student or
just let the subject drop.


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