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Prepare to update your license notices!

Item posted by Sylvain Beucler <Beuc> on Mon 25 Apr 2005 06:08:00 PM UTC.

Because of the new address, the FSF is releasing a new version of the GPL - it's not version 3 yet, it's actually the third revision of version 2. Like the previous revision, it will differ only in that it will contain FSF's new address. This version will be available and effective on Friday, April 29, 2005.

When you next get the chance, please go through your source code and replace the old copy of the GPL with the new version.

Also, old notices should be replaced with new ones. The following shell command will help you do this in a sloppy way. Its results should be carefully checked - it will not work, among others, if the address spans multiple lines:

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -e 's/59 Temple Place - Suite 330/51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor/;s/02111-1307/02110-1301/;'

The FSF will also be releasing new revisions of the LGPL and the FDL.

The GPL HOWTO will then provide updated information: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html

Update of footer (posted by Dr. Tobias Quathamer, Sat 11 Jun 2005 03:14:14 PM UTC)

Hi,

you should update your file etc/site-specific-content/page_footer.txt to reflect the current year and the new address of the FSF.

Cheers,

Tobias

Do not confuse the notices :) (posted by Sylvain Beucler, Sat 30 Apr 2005 06:21:24 PM UTC)

The GNU GPL should indeed not be modified when you distribute it in your application.

Most likely, the date you are refering to are the copyright notices dates (check http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html). Those are specific to each project, and not specific to the GNU GPL.

RE: Do not confuse the notices :) (posted by Mark Roth, Sun 01 May 2005 01:40:04 PM UTC)

Hmmm, sorry for the dual post there. Actually, I wasn't so much concerned with the 1991 in the link. It's just that it still has the #59 address, not the new #51 address. More of a curiosity is all. I would think that if we are changing the address in our source that same change would be reflected in the current version of the GPL "COPYING" file. Is it that I am referring to the incorrect url?

RE: Do not confuse the notices :) (posted by Sylvain Beucler, Mon 02 May 2005 08:39:10 PM UTC)

I guess they didn't do it yet.

Solved (posted by Mark Roth, Wed 11 May 2005 04:13:42 PM UTC)

It looks like the link posted has the new info now.

copying (posted by Mark Roth, Fri 29 Apr 2005 12:08:52 PM UTC)

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

since this file is distribute verbatim I guess we just have to wait for this to change...

So we wait for this to change??? (posted by Mark Roth, Fri 29 Apr 2005 12:06:33 PM UTC)

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

Since this file can be distributed verbatim but not changed I guess we just have to wait...

y2k - lets update the year number? (posted by John Doe, Tue 26 Apr 2005 10:11:02 AM UTC)

Hi

Right now, it says "19xx" .. shouldn't that be changed
to "20xx", now we're at it?

I guess the date has already been changed in the GPL appearing in the Linux kernel tree, lets update the official version also!

Sincerely,
Nospam .