[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #6663: Wordpress source files do not correctly mark themselves as GPL

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#6663: Wordpress source files do not correctly mark themselves as GPL
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 Reporter:  mattlgnu   |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect     |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal     |    Milestone:  2.7      
Component:  General    |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal     |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch  |  
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Comment (by filosofo):

 That's not part of the license; it's a recommendation on the part of the
 GNU folks, "to most effectively convey the exclusion of warranty."

 My questions are whether the license requires that these lines appear at
 the beginning of each included file (this does not seem to be the case),
 and whether the license is somehow invalidated if not done this way or
 whether there is good legal reason to do so (I have my doubts).

 Without good reasons to do so, including an extra 160kb of text--about a
 4% increase in 2.5's overall size--just seems like a waste of space to me.

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