GNU bug report logs - #19808
Typo in lib/full-read.h license notice.

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From: Sam Ellis <sce196 <at> icloud.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Typo in lib/full-read.h license notice.
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:20:37 +0000 (GMT)

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Hi,

Would like to report a typo in the lib/full-read.h license notice, as found in:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.23.tar.xz

The license notice contains "if not, read to the Free Software Foundation". The word "read" here should be "write".

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Sam Ellis

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Message #10 received at 19808-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Sam Ellis <sce196 <at> icloud.com>, 19808-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Gnulib bugs <bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#19808: Typo in lib/full-read.h license notice.
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 15:20:00 -0800

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Thanks for reporting that problem.  I fixed it by installing the attached patch 
into gnulib; this should eventually percolate into the next coreutils release.

I guess an old s/write/read/ substitution bled into the copyright notice, and 
when we updated notices to point to www.gnu.org we didn't catch the bug.

[0001-full-read-fix-license-notice-typo.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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