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Date:      Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:08:59 -0800
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>,Matt Macy <mmacy@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r344487 - in head/sys: conf gnu/gcov
Message-ID:  <A0EA59E1-7951-473D-8CEF-BAB18D69ECE4@cschubert.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190225175809.GB47081@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>
References:  <201902232114.x1NLE0cH085345@repo.freebsd.org> <20190225175809.GB47081@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>

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On February 25, 2019 9:58:09 AM PST, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd=2Eorg> wr=
ote:
>On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 09:14:00PM +0000, Matt Macy wrote:
>> Author: mmacy
>> Date: Sat Feb 23 21:14:00 2019
>> New Revision: 344487
>> URL: https://svnweb=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/changeset/base/344487
>>=20
>> Log:
>>   gcov support
>>  =20
>>   add gcov support and export results as files in debugfs
>
>We had a brief discussion of this commit within a subset of core=2E  This
>addition of GPLv2 code is fine as the code is easily removal to a
>module
>(per kmoore@) should the day come that we're read to evict all GPL
>code=2E
>The modest increase in activation energy for that task seems worth it
>for the short-term gains of reduced integration cost (this code will
>greatly improve our ZFS-on-Linux test coverage=2E)
>
>Rod rightly points out that we haven't accepted SPDX tags alone as
>license statements=2E  The standard GPL v2=2E0 boiler plate should be add=
ed
>to this file along side the tag=2E
>
>An additional issue is that the a warning tag was not added to
>sys/conf/files=2E  A warning along the lines of:
>
>	warning "kernel contains GPLv2 licensed GCOV"
>
>needs to be added=2E
>
>This commit needed more through review=2E
>
>
>We intend to update our license policy to require core sign off for
>new GPL code to ensure we're not adding new, tightly integrated
>dependencies, to document that we're doing so knowingly, and
>to make sure steps aren't missed=2E  The current document is at:
>https://www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/internal/software-license=2Ehtml
>
>-- Brooks

That's a  excellent idea=2E I was thinking about suggesting that over the =
weekend (actually a committee,  but core is better)=2E

--=20
Pardon the typos and autocorrect, small keyboard in use=2E
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy=2ESchubert@cschubert=2Ecom>
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	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few=2E



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