From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: GPL doesn't mention website Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:57:53 +0800 Message-ID: <8764daba9q.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164029440 30548 80.91.229.2 (20 Nov 2006 13:30:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:30:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 20 14:30:39 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gm9EF-0004Bx-DB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:30:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gm9EE-0005RC-Qx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:30:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gm9EC-0005Qc-Uh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:30:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gm9E9-0005Pp-Tu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:30:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gm9E9-0005PY-PI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:30:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1Gm9E9-0004Pg-1g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:30:25 -0500 Original-Received: from tc218-187-22-14.dialup.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.22.14]:58522 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with esmtpsa (Cipher TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.62 #1) id 1Gm9E5-000541-Ux by authid with plain for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:30:23 -0800 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:15422 Archived-At: I notice that GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA doesn't mention the GNU or FSF website one single bit. You've got the zip down to 9-bit precision, but are like in the 70's when it comes to mentioning your website. As you never know where somebody will be reading these, you ought to mention your website. Certainly legal to mention it. You can update the street address, I notice, so I bet you can squeeze in a URL. Same with your other licences. Add the URL and like just feel the hits come rolling in. Urmpf.