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Re: GDB Stub & GPL question
- From: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>
- To: Nicholas Mc Guire <der dot herr at hofr dot at>
- Cc: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>, veenu khanna <veenu_khanna at yahoo dot com>, gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:44:10 -0500
- Subject: Re: GDB Stub & GPL question
- References: <256227.64036.qm@web53809.mail.yahoo.com> <20070131150448.GA24917@nevyn.them.org> <Pine.LNX.4.60.0701311911270.1759@rtl14.hofr.at> <45C13E66.6040608@adacore.com> <Pine.LNX.4.60.0702010531210.1722@rtl14.hofr.at>
Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
Never the less it would make sense to change these boilerplates if they
do not provide any legally relevant information as they do lead to
confusion when read by some people (me atleast).
Absolutely, it is appropriate that headers be right. Even if copyright
notices are no longer a legal requirement, they should be present and
correct (and the copyright office thinks they may be relevant in an
"innocent infringement" defense which might mitigate damages, see
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html