Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:08:04 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: rgrimes@FreeBSD.org, "K. Macy" <kmacy@FreeBSD.org>, Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>, Matt Macy <mmacy@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers <src-committers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r344487 - in head/sys: conf gnu/gcov Message-ID: <201902261808.x1QI84uW047092@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <dd875d03-4e95-ebfd-f2fb-53239d48a1d3@FreeBSD.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> On 2/26/19 9:33 AM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > >> On 2/25/19 5:11 PM, K. Macy wrote: > >>>> This commit needed more through review. > >>> > >>> How would this be achieved:? I had several people on the review and no > >>> one had substantive feedback. > >> > >> As a developer it is your responsibility to be aware of the policies that > >> we do document. One of the things in the license policy Brooks pointed you > >> at is that adding new GPL code requires core@ sign off. This doesn't mean > >> core@ will say know. It does mean that core@ has to make an explicit > >> decision. > >> > >> (I know Brooks said he intended to update the policy, but in fact it > >> already requires core@ sign off for any new code that isn't following > >> one of the accepted licenses which are all BSD/MIT-style licenses.) > > > > In defense of K Macy here, the copy of this text in the publically > > visible committers guide does not say that. Hence my earlier mail > > about is this text planned as an update to what is in the committers > > guide. Or can you point me to something in the public area that > > points at this /internal/license.html file? > > Things on internal/ are "public" as far as developers are concerned. The > title of https://www.freebsd.org/internal/policies.html is "Policies for > FreeBSD Project Members" and references the committers guide as well as > additional policies rather than the other way around. And when is a new/returning committer refered to this document? I do not recall being ever told about it. I was refered to the committers guide. > John Baldwin -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201902261808.x1QI84uW047092>