Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 10:52:16 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: git: 30780c3f584a - stable/13 - README.md: correct GPL expansion Message-ID: <CANCZdfoum87bOXW7AdqK-GZ7ptSxccd6e9KmNAq-1619DQe4Jg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2BQc4JjF5Vq6X3=r4A1R5cVScgw5sLNWKoWc_7ZdthwoA@mail.gmail.com> References: <B920DB5F-6D22-4C94-9C3D-CA35D8F8B212@yahoo.com> <CAPyFy2BQc4JjF5Vq6X3=r4A1R5cVScgw5sLNWKoWc_7ZdthwoA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 10:31 AM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 11:09, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I'm confused, beyond just LGPL claims in the (fairly > > current) source code, but GPL more generally: > > > > # grep -rl "SPDX.*GPL" /usr/main-src/ > > You need to exclude the ones with SPDX tags like: > SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0 > > but also note that this text in README.md is just documenting the > top-level gnu/ subdirectory. > Yes. Readme.md has never been a comprehensive guide to license compliance. I'm working on revamping the project's license policies to be more in line with current industry practices. Warner > [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 10:31 AM Ed Maste <<a href="mailto:emaste@freebsd.org">emaste@freebsd.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 11:09, Mark Millard <<a href="mailto:marklmi@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">marklmi@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > I'm confused, beyond just LGPL claims in the (fairly<br> > current) source code, but GPL more generally:<br> ><br> > # grep -rl "SPDX.*GPL" /usr/main-src/<br> <br> You need to exclude the ones with SPDX tags like:<br> SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0<br> <br> but also note that this text in README.md is just documenting the<br> top-level gnu/ subdirectory.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yes. Readme.md has never been a comprehensive guide to license compliance. I'm working on revamping the project's license policies to be more in line with current industry practices.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warner</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote></div></div></div>help
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