[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16269: Give correct license information on GPL code

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#16269: Give correct license information on GPL code
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 Reporter:  hakre                  |       Owner:  markjaquith
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  3.2
Component:  General                |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion has-patch  |
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Comment (by hakre):

 Thanks for making this more visible inside license.txt.

 I'm just wondering how to comply with this section of the
 [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU GPLv2#SEC3]:

 > 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of
 it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such
 modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above, provided that
 you also meet all of these conditions:
 >
 >    a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
 stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.

 In specific how to find out if a line of code is licensed under GPL (any
 version) or under GPL v2 or later?

 Next to that, in license.txt it's written about contributors. Who are
 they? As a software is a copyright-able work, it must have concrete
 authors. ''Contributors'' sounds like a placeholder. How can that
 placeholder be filled?

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