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Date:      Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:36:37 -0500
From:      Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>
To:        rgrimes@freebsd.org
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r327005 - in head: sbin/ipfw sys/sys usr.sbin/watch
Message-ID:  <5FDA0E4A-C1A9-4283-B80D-2C13FAF75FF9@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201712200015.vBK0FRwX023259@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <201712200015.vBK0FRwX023259@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>

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> On Dec 19, 2017, at 19:15, Rodney W. Grimes =
<freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
>=20
>> Author: pfg
>> Date: Tue Dec 19 22:40:16 2017
>> New Revision: 327005
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327005
>>=20
>> Log:
>>  SPDX: These are fundamentally BSD-2-Clause.
>>=20
>>  They just omit the introductory line and numbering.
>=20
> I again must assert that it would be better to not apply an SPDX than =
to
> apply one that is not an exact match for the license. =20
>=20
>=20

Not being a lawyer, I would normally agree, however:

1) SPDX IDs are only advisory: we always keep the exact license text, =
which is what has legal value.

2) The license is detected by license scanners as BSD and it has two =
clauses so the description fits.

FWIW, according to SPDX lawyers, the numbering is not relevant and it =
would appear to me that the phrase:
 "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without =
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are =
met:=E2=80=9D doesn=E2=80=99t add any information to the two clauses, =
which read:

Redistributions of source code must =E2=80=A6
Redistributions in binary form must ...

Pedro.



>> Modified:
>>  head/sbin/ipfw/altq.c
>>  head/sbin/ipfw/dummynet.c
>>  head/sbin/ipfw/ipfw2.c
>>  head/sbin/ipfw/ipfw2.h
>>  head/sbin/ipfw/ipv6.c
>>  head/sbin/ipfw/main.c
>>  head/sbin/ipfw/nat.c
>>  head/sys/sys/msg.h
>>  head/sys/sys/snoop.h
>>  head/usr.sbin/watch/watch.c
> ...
>=20
> --=20
> Rod Grimes                                                 =
rgrimes@freebsd.org




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