Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:16:30 +0000 |
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> The "license notices" _are_ an integral part of the program. Nothing else > makes sense. They are often in the same files (that's the most common case > by far), and as I showed you, they are often (as in the case of the GPL > license notice itself) actually _linked_in_ into the actual binary itself.
The COPYING file is not part of the program. I'm sorry you can't get that into your brain but continually bleating that it doesn't make sense won't actually get you anywhere. Please go and talk to a law student or just let the subject drop.
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