Re: Standardized file headers?

On 4/24/26 12:54 PM, Stavros Macrakis wrote:

> Gemini suggested the following small changes:
>
> ;;; This file is part of the Maxima computer algebra project 
> (https://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/)
> ;;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> ;;;
> ;;; Maxima is copyrighted by its authors and licensed under the GNU 
> General Public License.
> ;;; This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. See COPYING and 
> AUTHORS for details.
This is fine, although I already changed hte headers in some of the new 
files I created. I’ll update them with this version.
>
> SPDX makes it easier for software tools to recognize the license.
> The FSF recommends the "without any warranty" clause.
>
> I was wondering about GPL v2 vs. v3. v3 has some advantages, but in 
> principle moving to it globally would require /all contributors /(past 
> or present, active or not, alive or dead (their estate)) to consent to 
> the change.

IIRC, there was also quite a bit of controversy about what v3 required 
vs v2. I don’t remember the final outcome, but I’m fine with v2, 
especially if we need to hunt down all contributors to get their approval.

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