Re: [PATCH 1/3 V2] Clean up license text in COPYING file

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On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:43:54PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> doc/COPYING was a mess, it included older versions of licenses
> with old addresses etc, and included the GPLv2 license twice.
> Update license text, URLs, and eliminate duplicate info.
> 
> Actual license terms are /unchanged/, this is just housekeeping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Bill O'Donnell <billodo@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> 
> V2: Realized I inserted the 2nd URL at the wrong spot.  :/
>     Fix summary to sound like we aren't re-licensing anything!
> 
> Alex, thx for the SPDX tip, but I'm not going to fundamentally
> change the license text at this point.
> 
> As for "or later" it was there before, so I'm not changing that now.
> 
> diff --git a/doc/COPYING b/doc/COPYING
> index 1ae1a90..e33a75b 100644
> --- a/doc/COPYING
> +++ b/doc/COPYING
> @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ The library named "libhandle" and some specific header files (including
>  All other components are licensed under the GNU General Public License.
>  
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> -<http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/lesser.txt>
>  
> -		  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> -		       Version 2.1, February 1999
> +<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt>
> +
> +                  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> +                       Version 2.1, February 1999
>  
>   Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ All other components are licensed under the GNU General Public License.
>   as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence
>   the version number 2.1.]
>  
> -			    Preamble
> +                            Preamble
>  
>    The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
>  freedom to share and change it.  By contrast, the GNU General Public
> @@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ modification follow.  Pay close attention to the difference between a
>  "work based on the library" and a "work that uses the library".  The
>  former contains code derived from the library, whereas the latter must
>  be combined with the library in order to run.
> -
> -		  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> +
> +                  GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
>     TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
>  
>    0. This License Agreement applies to any software library or other
> @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ such a program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based
>  on the Library (independent of the use of the Library in a tool for
>  writing it).  Whether that is true depends on what the Library does
>  and what the program that uses the Library does.
> -  
> +
>    1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Library's
>  complete source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that
>  you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an
> @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status
>  of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing
>  and reuse of software generally.
>  
> -			    NO WARRANTY
> +                            NO WARRANTY
>  
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>  WARRANTY FOR THE LIBRARY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
> @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ FAILURE OF THE LIBRARY TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF
>  SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
>  DAMAGES.
>  
> -		     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
> +                     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
>  
>             How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries
>  
> @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
>      This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>      modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
>      License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> -    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>  
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> @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
>  
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>      License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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> +    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
>  
>  Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
>  
> @@ -509,21 +509,19 @@ necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
>    Ty Coon, President of Vice
>  
>  That's all there is to it!
> -
> -
>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
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>  
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> +<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt>
> +
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>  
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>  
> -			    Preamble
> +                            Preamble
>  
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> @@ -532,7 +530,7 @@ software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.  This
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>  
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> @@ -572,353 +570,8 @@ patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
>  
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> @@ -972,7 +625,7 @@ above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
>      License.  (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
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> +
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> @@ -1030,7 +683,7 @@ access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent
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> @@ -1139,9 +792,9 @@ YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
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> -		     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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> -	    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
> +                     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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> +            How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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> @@ -1153,7 +806,7 @@ convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
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> -
> +    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> +    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> +    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
>  
>  Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
>  
>  If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
>  when it starts in an interactive mode:
>  
> -    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
> +    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
>      Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
>      This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
>      under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
> @@ -1198,7 +850,5 @@ necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
>  This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
>  proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
>  consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
> -library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
> +library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
>  Public License instead of this License.
> -
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