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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 19:09:13 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   *At the top of zillions of source code files*

   If you haven't received a copy of the GPL, please send physical mail to this address which the FSF hasn't been at for years, or this other address which the FSF hasn't been at for decades

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 19:10:10 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     *At the top of zillions of other source code files*

     Use whatever license happens to be at this URL, we're not going to include a copy of it, websites never go down, organizations do not crumble, domain names are forever

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 20:32:21 JST 翠星石

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     @cwebber There is a reason the copyright header for the GPLv3 has been updated to no longer include a physical address and the programmer is advised to include a LICENSE or COPYING file as well.
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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 21:47:47 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     • Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru

     @jbqueru quines only

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     Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru (jbqueru@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 21:47:48 JST Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru

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     @cwebber Hey, you inspire me. I have a copy of the license in my distribution package, I'll make sure that it is included in the binaries themselves, with a command-line option to read it.

     Now, should I push further? Should I include the source code in the binary? That'd be fun.