Charles Plessy wrote: > Some licenses include a template for “notices” (GPL), “exhibits” (MPL), etc., > also called “headers” or “boilerplates”. [...] > More in details, one of the questions was to know if > the reason for reproducing them is to include the disclaimer of warranty.
Just to clarify, I never asked such a thing. Instead, I wrote that I find it likely that one reason the message <87u09lawkj....@vorlon.ganneff.de> that Charles quoted mentioned these notices is that the notices tend to have some useful properties: - They mention that the program can be distributed under the terms mentioned, unlike a statement like "You can find the GPL here" that does not say so. - They briefly go over what rights that gives you. - They precisely describe which version of the license is meant. - They disclaim warranty. Nevertheless, I don't believe policy requires repeating these blurbs verbatim. If you can succeed in including a verbatim copy of the copyright information and of the license and documenting that without confusing people, then you're done --- there is nothing magical about particular sets of words like "This program is free software". Have I missed something? And while I'm at it, is there a reason to chase after official ftpmaster pronouncements here, or is there some other way the project documents details like this one? Hoping that clarifies a little. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111212203418.ga1...@elie.hsd1.il.comcast.net
