0.2.8.3 includes GPL-3 named COPYING
Bug #568694 reported by
Luke-Jr
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Armagetron Advanced |
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Bug Description
First off: This bug is unrelated to whether we move to GPL-3 now or in the future.
However, our 0.2.8.3 releases contain a COPYING file with the text of the GPL-3 license, courtesy of aclocal or something like that. While the source files still say GPL-2, this COPYING file's presence can and does cause confusion as to our license.
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I can't reproduce the issue, but it's definitely something wrong with make dist.
COPYING is copied from COPYING.txt in bootstrap.sh. Then you run distclean-local, and COPYING.txt is removed. Now you have no license file, and when you run make dist automake brings in its GPL-3 COPYING file.
Why do we even have COPYING.txt? Why not rename it to COPYING in source control?