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Date:      Sat, 18 Dec 2021 10:52:16 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>,  freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>,  FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: git: 30780c3f584a - stable/13 - README.md: correct GPL expansion
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On Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 10:31 AM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 11:09, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm confused, beyond just LGPL claims in the (fairly
> > current) source code, but GPL more generally:
> >
> > # grep -rl "SPDX.*GPL" /usr/main-src/
>
> You need to exclude the ones with SPDX tags like:
> SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0
>
> but also note that this text in README.md is just documenting the
> top-level gnu/ subdirectory.
>


Yes. Readme.md has never been a comprehensive guide to license compliance.
I'm working on revamping the project's license policies to be more in line
with current industry practices.

Warner

>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 10:31 AM Ed Maste &lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:emaste@freebsd.org">emaste@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blo=
ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #c=
cc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 11:09, Mark Millard &lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:marklmi@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">ma=
rklmi@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I&#39;m confused, beyond just LGPL claims in the (fairly<br>
&gt; current) source code, but GPL more generally:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; # grep -rl &quot;SPDX.*GPL&quot; /usr/main-src/<br>
<br>
You need to exclude the ones with SPDX tags like:<br>
SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0<br>
<br>
but also note that this text in README.md is just documenting the<br>
top-level gnu/ subdirectory.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto">=
<br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Yes. Readme.md has =
never been a comprehensive guide to license compliance. I&#39;m working on =
revamping the project&#39;s license policies to be more in line with curren=
t industry practices.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Wa=
rner</div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding=
-left:1ex">
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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