[Kde-games-devel] Copyright notices

[Matthew Woehlke]

Parker Coates wrote:
> Speaking of content. It seems the copyright headers I'm using in
> Killbots have a non-standard last paragraph. Looking around it seems
> that some files use:
> 
>     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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
> 02110-1301  USA
> 
> while others use:
> 
>     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> 
> In Killbots I ended up with a merged version:
> 
>     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>
>     or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
>     Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
> 
> I don't think I made this up myself, but I can't find where I borrowed
> it from originally.
> 
> Is this kind of deviation a reason for concern?

It's changed over time; I want to say website-only is currently the 
preferred form (the address might not even be correct). Either fsf.org 
or gnu.org should have the canonical version.

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Matthew
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