[sword-devel] Sword LICENSE

Jaak Ristioja jaak at ristioja.ee
Mon Feb 3 14:21:30 MST 2014


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On 03.02.2014 23:17, Chris Little wrote:
> On 02/03/2014 12:42 PM, Jaak Ristioja wrote:
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>> Hello!
>> 
>> The LICENSE file states the following:
>> 
>> The SWORD Project is (c) 1994-2006 The CrossWire Bible Society,
>> under the terms of the GNU GPL, as stated below.
>> 
>> NOTE: The text of the GNU GPL license is copyrighted by the Free
>> Software Foundation, Inc., but The SWORD Project is copyrighted
>> Corporately under:
>> 
>> CrossWire Bible Society P. O. Box 2528 Tempe, AZ  85280-2528
>> 
>> _________________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
Does that mean the the tarballs and the SVN code are under the GPL 2
>> or not? If they are, why this strange and confusing addition to
>> the LICENSE file?
> 
> All Sword code, including but not limited to tarballs & code in
> SVN, is licensed under GPL 2.
> 
> The note indicates that all of the text below the bar (the GPL
> itself) is copyrighted by the FSF, which is also true.
> 
> Does that clear up your confusion?

I can take you word for it, but I still find the text itself to be
confusing. However, this might be because I'm not a native English
speaker.

Thanks!

Jaak
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