[GRASS-dev] r.terraflow license

[Glynn Clements]

Glynn Clements wrote:

> > I'd like to update the copyright of r.terraflow to GPL so that it can  
> > be included in the upcoming version of GRASS. I am attaching a file  
> > terraflowNewCopyright.txt.  Could somebody with cvs rights add it at  
> > the beginning of every single file in r.terraflow?  thanks!
> > 
> > 
> > /* ************************************************************
> > * 
> > *   MODULE:	r.terraflow
> > *
> > *  COPYRIGHT (C) 2007 Laura Toma
> > *   
> > *			This program is free software under the GNU General Public
> > *	       		License (>=v2). Read the file COPYING that comes with GRASS
> > *              	for details.
> > *
> > *************************************************************  */
> 
> Okay, I'll do that.

In the end, I used the more verbose statement recommended in the GPL
itself:

/****************************************************************************
 * 
 *  MODULE:	r.terraflow
 *
 *  COPYRIGHT (C) 2007 Laura Toma
 *   
 *  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
 *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program 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.
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

I suspect that there's a reason why, of the many clauses in the GPL,
the FSF's recommendation is to include the disclaimer of warranty in
each file.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>