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  1. CiviCRM
  2. CRM-13350

Adjust location of gpl.txt file to make it clearer what that license file applies to

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Won't Do
    • Priority: Trivial
    • Resolution: Won't Do
    • Affects Version/s: 4.4.0
    • Fix Version/s: Unscheduled
    • Component/s: None
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    • Versioning Impact:
      Patch (backwards-compatible bug fixes)

      Description

      Was the FSF specific about putting the GPL licensing file at the root level of the package? I think that's is confusing people (like myself) when looking at the license. The the Drupal.org Whitelist, we tend to go by what's included in the code vs. what's printed on a page or in a FAQ. Ideally these will be the same, but not always. We've run into this issue with CKEditor where the website displays a GPLv3 logo but the files included in the repos indicate difference licenses https://drupal.org/node/1996750

      If the only part of CiviCRM that's licensed as AGPLv3 and/or GPLv2, would it make sense to move https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/blob/master/gpl.txt to https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal

      Then each repo would indicate the license of the files in it with the exception of https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages which requires digging into each package for a license like https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-packages/blob/master/backbone/backbone.js

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              Reporter:
              kreynen Kevin Reynen
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