Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 14:01:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com>, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, Mark Peek <mp@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r331510 - in head: share/man/man4 sys/conf sys/dev/vmware/vmci sys/modules/vmware sys/modules/vmware/vmci Message-ID: <201803252101.w2PL1HpJ043800@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpXAHqbL_Op_TmWgVen5ucT_Ojx7ixCFsU4Erh%2BZSicRw@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Mar 25, 2018 1:09 PM, "Benjamin Kaduk" <bjkfbsd@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am surprised that no one has yet quoted the commit message from r325966
> when the first SPDX tags appear to have been added to base:
>
> We are gradually adopting the specification, noting
> that the tags are considered only advisory and do not, in any way,
> superceed or replace the license texts.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Here a SPDX tag is being used to stand in place, ie replace, the
license text.
> (There was also some internal discussion around the same time, which I of
> course cannot quote here.)
>
>
>
> Right. For cases where both are present, the text controls. But when it's
> just there alone, there is no ambiguity.
There is ambiguity, as your replacing the license text with a tag in
direct conflict with the documented status of SPDX tags.
That is a HUGE ambiguity.
Your also creating a small handful of files that seem to be in conflict
with the projects standard MO for 25 years.
Now, if you want to take this change to @developers as a proposal, and
actually get legal advice on the aspects of this, I am all ears, but please
do not just go making decisions that are contray to current practice
without that.
> It would certainly help with the slightly different wording issue if we did
> this more often. I may do it to all my code in the tree. I'm careful about
> this stuff, and i have at least three variations in the tree for no good
> reason...
>
> Warner
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Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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