[wp-hackers] GPL licensing.

[Alex King]

should != must

--Alex

http://www.alexking.org/


On Jul 4, 2004, at 9:57 AM, Carthik Sharma wrote:

> How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
>    ... To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is
> safest to attach them to the start of <b>each source file</b> to most
> effectively convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should
> have at least the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full
> notice is found.
>
> Here I stop quoting.
>
>
> The part where it says "should have at least the "copyright" line and
> ...." is particularly of importance. Use of the word should in the
> place of, say, May, shows that it is indeed a Requirement, as opposed
> to an optional feature for the product to be GPL'ed.