From 41bda96732dc77abb05c241b7684832561b4a5c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate Bargmann Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:32:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updated GPL 2/LGPL 2.1 licenses Due to Free Software Foundation street address changes, Lucian Langa, YO6PLB, sent a mail that many files were out of date. Downloaded updated copies of the GPL and LGPL from: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html as the licenses prohibit modification. --- COPYING | 43 +++++++++++++++--------------- COPYING.LIB | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-) diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index c3c7a9eac..d159169d1 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ - GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - Version 2, June 1991 + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + Version 2, June 1991 - Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc., + 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. - Preamble + Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. 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If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License. diff --git a/COPYING.LIB b/COPYING.LIB index f0882ad94..4362b4915 100644 --- a/COPYING.LIB +++ b/COPYING.LIB @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ - GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1, February 1999 Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. @@ -23,8 +22,7 @@ specially designated software packages--typically libraries--of the Free Software Foundation and other authors who decide to use it. You can use it too, but we suggest you first think carefully about whether this license or the ordinary General Public License is the better -strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations -below. +strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations below. When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use, not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that @@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ modified by someone else and passed on, the recipients should know that what they have is not the original version, so that the original author's reputation will not be affected by problems that might be introduced by others. -^L + Finally, software patents pose a constant threat to the existence of any free program. We wish to make sure that a company cannot effectively restrict the users of a free program by obtaining a @@ -89,8 +87,7 @@ libraries. However, the Lesser license provides advantages in certain special circumstances. 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