[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 hakre):

 Replying to [comment:14 Otto42]:
 > Replying to [comment:13 hakre]:
 > > "It's recommended not to breath under water." Help yourself.
 >
 > You have looked closely at my avatar, right? ;)

 Something must have reminded me of the relative short amount of time the
 oxygen tank allows to breath under water ... :)

 > > I have no idea why you refer to gpl.org but generally spoken, as
 written, providing URLs is not the same as providing the license.
 >
 > I stated "gpl.org", however I meant "whatever URL is being pointed to".
 On searching, that is in fact "opensource.org".

 Okay. And which code did you meant when you stated "The third party bits
 of WP that are LGPL are all pretty clearly marked as such, and they have
 URLs that point to the text of their licenses."?

 Check the WordPress codebase then you'll see that it's not that well
 documented as you wrote. "opensource.org" as quoted is not linked btw.

 >
 > And I question your statement here. Providing a reference to the terms
 of the license is functionally identical to providing the text of the
 license.
 >
 > > But in a legal sense, a URL can not represent the license text.
 >
 > [citation needed]

 As a URL is not the same as a license text, I would not put it on the same
 level. IANAL so please don't take that statement for granted, I stated
 "can not represent" but I meant "is not" in an overall sense, and that
 most probably has a legal implication. I already referred to the document
 linked in the description of the ticket. That for example is by the
 creator of the LGPL and I have the feeling that they legally sensed it. So
 if you need citation how to provide the license I would refer to the
 creator of the license firsthand.

 And you need to be fair if you now counter with a [citation needed]: As it
 is you who wrote that the requirements of the license text can be
 fulfilled by providing a URL only, you should back that up when being
 questioned as well. I'm still missing some reference for your argument.

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