#4485 NORM Never A: Activation software doesn't have copyrights or licenses

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#4485: Activation software doesn't have copyrights or licenses
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 Reporter:  gnu       |       Owner:  krstic        
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  security  |     Version:                
 Keywords:            |    Verified:  0             
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 The antitheft/activation/security software at:

   http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/cscott/olpcrd-rootskel;a=blob;f=src-
 olpc/antitheft.py;hb=HEAD

 doesn't contain any copyright notices, or licenses.  Related software
 nearby may also be in the same boat:

   http://dev.laptop.org/git

 (Also, I wonder if software shipping in the release should be stored  in
 private user directories.  It kinda reminds me of having the source in
 /usr/ken/src from the old, old, old days.)

 I suggest, following the guidelines of the Free Software Foundation, that
 if you want to make these GPL software, you should use the latest version
 of the GPL.  As copyright owner, OLPC can distribute its code under any
 license it likes, without violating GPLv3.  Applying GPLv3 would prevent
 third parties from taking it and using it as a DRM system, which they
 could otherwise do merely by a policy choice of declining to provide the
 keys that OLPC is commited to giving to end-users.

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