No COPYING file in the root directory

[dr_boo]

• ​https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ reads "License

GNU General Public License, version 3.0"

• "Add a COPYING file with a copy of the GNU GPL or GNU AGPL." -

​https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html

• The latest release (at this writing)

​https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/957947/adblock_plus-3.1-an+fx.xpi doesn't contain a copy of the GNU GPL 3.0 license in the root directory.

• Can you please download ​https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt and save it as file name "COPYING", and

place the file in the root directory for Adblock Plus?

[dr_boo]

I meant ​https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt, not ​https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt

[greiner]

We do include a COPYING file in both hg.adblocklus.org/adblockplus as well as hg.adblockplus.org/adblockpluschrome. It seems that neither of those includes this file in the extension bundle though.

[sebastian]

As far as I understand (please correct me if I'm wrong Kai), there is no need to bundle a copy of the license with the build. It's generated code anyway, not the source code that is subject to the license, and the license is stated on the AMO page.

[greiner]

As part of this change we've added a COPYING file to adblockplusui in ​https://gitlab.com/eyeo/adblockplus/abpui/adblockplusui/commit/93fa6916fbb0faabbab5ba87b1c161eec941e92d.

Whether or not the file should be included in the extension build seems to be up to Kai to decide then.

[Kai]

No need to bundle it with the extension build. Only with the source code. But if its not a big hassle to ad the COPYING file to the extension bundle, then you should do it anyway to increase transparency.

[abpbot]

A commit referencing this issue has landed:
​Issue 6765 - Added COPYING file