On 6/5/23 22:26, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
If someone is looking for a license, most people will not expect to find it in a file named COPYING.For our programs, and programs licensed under a GNU license that is not true.
Saying "that is not true" does not make it so. Perhaps you meant: "People who are already familar with the Free Software movement and its traditions will look for a file named COPYING when checking the license." For everybody else, I'm pretty sure that is not the case. "COPYING" is not even mentioned in the relevant GitHub page: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/licensing-a-repository You may consider GitHub anathema, but it is the biggest player when hosting Free Software (if you define Free Software by license and freedoms as opposed to culture). -- --Per Bothner [email protected] http://per.bothner.com/
