Upgrade to GPL v3 and add headers to files (#44)

Following advice from [email protected], bring Stow in line with other GNU projects by upgrading it from GPL v2 to v3 https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Licensing-of-GNU-Packages.html#Licensing-of-GNU-Packages as obtained in plain text and texinfo formats from https://www.gnu.org/licenses/ and adding appropriate headers: https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Code.html#License-Notices-for-Code Fixes #44: #44
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diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# This file is part of GNU Stow.
+#
+# GNU Stow is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# GNU Stow is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
@@ -193,3 +193,10 @@ operates.
 
 `configure` also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.
 
+License for this file
+---------------------
+
+Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
+without any warranty.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# This file is part of GNU Stow.
+#
+# GNU Stow is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# GNU Stow is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+
 ## Process this file with Automake to produce Makefile.in
 
 bin_SCRIPTS = bin/stow bin/chkstow

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ License
 Stow is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License,
 which can be found in the file [`COPYING`](COPYING).
 
+Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
+without any warranty.
+
 Installation
 ------------
 

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 *** http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/73426/dealing-with-gnu-stow-conflicts
 *** http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.stow.general/6661
 
-* Next release should be under GPL v3
-
 * Get permission for next documentation release to be under FDL 1.3
 
 * Import a debian/ tree from an older package and update it.

diff --git a/bin/chkstow.in b/bin/chkstow.in
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 #!@PERL@
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Stow.
+#
+# GNU Stow is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# GNU Stow is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;

diff --git a/bin/stow.in b/bin/stow.in
@@ -6,18 +6,20 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Kahlil Hodgson
 # Copyright (C) 2011 Adam Spiers
 #
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# This file is part of GNU Stow.
+#
+# GNU Stow is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 #
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# GNU Stow is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 # General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 
 =head1 NAME
 

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+dnl This file is part of GNU Stow.
+dnl
+dnl GNU Stow is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+dnl under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+dnl the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+dnl (at your option) any later version.
+dnl
+dnl GNU Stow is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+dnl WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+dnl General Public License for more details.
+dnl
+dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+dnl along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+
 dnl Process this file with Autoconf to produce configure dnl
 
 AC_INIT([stow], [2.3.0], [[email protected]])