Re: [Repo-criteria-discuss] Criteria updated to version 1.1

[Mike Gerwitz]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 04:04:25 +0000, Juuso Lapinlampi wrote:
> The A2 criteria, "encourages use of GPL 3-or-later as preferred option"
> is much more clear in this regard: it's an advisory.

That solves a different problem: we want users to choose GPLv3+, but
they also have to apply it correctly; simply including the text of the
GPL in COPYING/LICENSE doesn't provide the "or later" clause---it only
provides GPLv3.

With regards to putting the license header at the top of each
non-trivial source file---this is to ensure that the file is clearly
licensed should it become detached from the rest of the source tree.

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Mike Gerwitz
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