Re: [ode] [rms@gnu.org: Re: Updating the OpenContent license]


Richard Stallman (rms@gnu.org)
Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:52:54 -0700 (MST)


    Is there any precedence for requiring a license to be a part of (actually
    in-line) a document?

In general, free software requires a copy of the license to be
included in the program; in general, every free program comes with a
copy of the license. There may be exceptions, but not many.

     as far as we know nobody else is doing it

There are various things that "it" could refer to. If you mean,
including copies of the license with a work, that is normal practice.
If you mean, having a license that requires the license to be included
in the work, that too is normal practice for free software.

      Why does this need to be different?

What I am doing is the same as usual practice.



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