From 8886f47ee444decae1b11cb61317946ab77f984b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Talbert <swt@techie.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:50:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update GPL and LGPL license texts to the latest versions
This corrects the outdated FSF address and reformats the text slightly.
References:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0.txt
---
docs/gpl.txt | 32 +--
docs/lgpl.txt | 756 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
2 files changed, 376 insertions(+), 412 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/gpl.txt b/docs/gpl.txt
index b8cf3a1ab2b..d159169d105 100644
--- a/docs/gpl.txt
+++ b/docs/gpl.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
- GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- Version 2, June 1991
+ GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ Version 2, June 1991
- Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
+ Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
- Preamble
+ Preamble
The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
-the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
+the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
your programs, too.
When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
modification follow.
- GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals
of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
- NO WARRANTY
+ NO WARRANTY
11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
- END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
+ END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
+ How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
<one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
- Copyright (C) 19yy <name of author>
+ Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -303,16 +303,16 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
- 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ 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.
Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
when it starts in an interactive mode:
- Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
+ Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
@@ -335,5 +335,5 @@ necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
-library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
+library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
Public License instead of this License.
diff --git a/docs/lgpl.txt b/docs/lgpl.txt
index 12e440211e0..5bc8fb2c8f7 100644
--- a/docs/lgpl.txt
+++ b/docs/lgpl.txt
@@ -1,171 +1,155 @@
-
- GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- ==================================
- Version 2, June 1991
+ GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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[This is the first released version of the library GPL. It is
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