[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14944: GNU Lesser General Public License file is missing

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#14944: GNU Lesser General Public License file is missing
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 Reporter:  hakre         |        Owner:                 
     Type:  defect (bug)  |       Status:  reopened       
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |      Version:  3.0            
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:                 
 Keywords:  has-patch     |  
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Comment(by Otto42):

 Replying to [comment:9 hakre]:
 > Please reference something that shows it is _not_ necessary.

 Why don't you please reference something that shows that it *is*
 necessary? Nothing, anywhere, says that.

 "Recommended" is not "required". "Should" is not "must". And your opinion
 is not a factual piece of information.

 > What's that problematic with adding the LGPL file to the Package? Do you
 really think that the text of the LGPL is bloat and providing it is
 negative for users? That there is no benefit by doing so?

 Yes, and yes.


 > > And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.
 >
 > As it was criticized that "recommends" was too vague, here you have a
 "must" in the ''original terms''.

 That does not say that you must include the license. That says that you
 must show them the terms. The terms, in our case, are shown by referring
 to the URL of those terms. Your argument here has no merit.

 > What about my suggestion we let this mediate through a third party like
 the SFLC?

 I don't care who they are, what their credentials are, or what they decide
 to back up their arguments with. If they agree with you, then they are
 still wrong. And I will look them right in the eye and tell them flat out
 that they are wrong. Wrong is wrong, and credentials don't make it right.

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