Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 09:20:10 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> Cc: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, Juli Mallett <juli@northcloak.com>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r335270 - head/lib/liby Message-ID: <201806171620.w5HGKAvG060870@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=NOaEVjWtsW7LxCMM=ui0byqpDGjeM1QNRZZ64sh-Q-w@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 17 June 2018 at 08:49, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: > > All this drama about "copying" one line of text and adding another to > > create a new file. The no-brainer fix is to add a proper new-file > > license and stop arguing about what flavor of copying and what rules > > might apply to that. > > I didn't add my copyright since I didn't write it. I'll rewrite from > scratch and add my own new-file copyright. This file contains > precisely zero creative output [0] so it should't matter too much. I am fine with that solution. I am *not* fine with stamping UCB copyrights on something without source traceability to the UCB file that it came from. I hope all can understand that issue. If you can't lets take it offline. > > > And for something that might actually matter: nobody seems to have > > noticed that this new header file lacks the standard include guards > > (something which style(9) seems to be silent about). > > Good point. You normally do not need to do include guards on header files used by a single program. > > [0] Oracle v Google notwithstanding > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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