On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 00:13:34 -0500 Nathanael Nerode wrote: [...] > <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it > does.> > <program name> Copyright <year> <copyright holder> > > <program name> is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as > published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the > License, or (at your option) any later version. > > <program name> is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > 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 <program name>; if not, write to the Free Software > Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA > 02110-1301 USA
I agree on everything you said, with the following comments/questions:
* why do you suggest repeating <program name> everywhere? I think it
makes adapting the notice to different pieces of software less easy (a
differently named GPL'd work can be derived from a previously existing
GPL'd work, you know): I would say
This work is free software; [...]
This work is distributed [...]
[...] along with this work [...]
* why do you put <program name> on the same line as the copyright notice
(and even repeat it when more than one copyright holder exists)?
Isn't
<work name> - <one line to a brief idea of what the work is>
Copyright (C) <year> <copyright holder>
better?
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