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Date:      Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:28:23 -0600
From:      Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
To:        rgrimes@freebsd.org, Roger Pau Monn? <royger@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r336475 - head/sys/xen/interface/arch-x86/hvm
Message-ID:  <1532035703.1344.15.camel@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <201807192049.w6JKn4c0013553@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <201807192049.w6JKn4c0013553@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>

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On Thu, 2018-07-19 at 13:49 -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 07:02:08AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Author: royger
> > > > Date: Thu Jul 19 10:14:52 2018
> > > > New Revision: 336475
> > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/336475
> > > > 
> > > > Log:
> > > >   xen: add missing file from r336474
> > > > 
> > > > Added:
> > > >   head/sys/xen/interface/arch-x86/hvm/start_info.h   (contents, props changed)
> > > > 
> > > > Added: head/sys/xen/interface/arch-x86/hvm/start_info.h
> > > > ==============================================================================
> > > > --- /dev/null	00:00:00 1970	(empty, because file is newly added)
> > > > +++ head/sys/xen/interface/arch-x86/hvm/start_info.h	Thu Jul 19 10:14:52 2018	(r336475)
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
> > > > + * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
> > > > + * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
> > > > + * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
> > > > + * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
> > > > + * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> > > > + *
> > > > + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
> > > There is no copyright above.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > + * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
> > > > + *
> > > > + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> > > > + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> > > > + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
> > > > + * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
> > > > + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> > > > + * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
> > > > + * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Copyright (c) 2016, Citrix Systems, Inc.
> > > The copyright is below.
> > This is a verbatim copy of:
> > 
> > http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=blob;f=xen/include/public/arch-x86/hvm/start_info.h
> > 
> > And I'm not intending to modify it locally in the FreeBSD tree, but
> > patches can be submitted upstream :).
> I agree that it should not be modified localy, howerver you as the person
> bringing it into the tree are resposible to insure it has a proper copyright
> and license.  Since it does not, and you have been informed of this, and
> seem to be unwilling to facilitate it being corrected I would request that
> this commit be reverted.  Infact this commit should be reverted until
> the copyright and license are of proper form anyway.
> 
> > 
> > Roger.


Seriously?  So much drama over the word "above" instead of "below"?

Since when is it our responsibility to be copyeditors on other people's
licensing text?

If we're going to embark on this kind of thing where we're interpreting
the validity of an author's wording, do we need to now remove all the
code that has licenses referring to the voices in Bill Paul's head?

-- Ian




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