Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 13:00:40 -1000 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: copying lines from one .h to another with different copyrights Message-ID: <CANCZdfp6JaYBnh7cbpWhDU0rTHeni4mzVk1QZW8R5%2BRWO=-9bw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAM5tNy6GuOt9r43qfYSo%2B5anSQNH0Fi4BXcEWtotBZ5LQKaH6A@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Got diff? Hard to know without it... But if it's just interface info and the files are >~200 lines, I'd just copy. If there are comments, or the files are small, copy the copyright/license too. Warner On Fri, Aug 1, 2025, 12:53 PM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am working on a patch to fix the kgssapi so that it > works for MIT's Kerberos. > > I have copied about 20lines from the MIT .h file in > /usr/include/gssapi/gssapi_krb5.h to /usr/src/sys/kgssapi/gssapi.h. > (The kernel one is a small subset that the kernel code needs.) > > My question is... > Since the two .h files have different copyright notices, do I need > to copy the copyright notice into /usr/src/sys/kgssapi/gssapi.h? > > Thanks for any info (amateur lawyers welcome to comment), rick > > [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="auto">Got diff? Hard to know without it...<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But if it's just interface info and the files are >~200 lines, I'd just copy.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If there are comments, or the files are small, copy the copyright/license too.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warner </div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 1, 2025, 12:53 PM Rick Macklem <<a href="mailto:rick.macklem@gmail.com">rick.macklem@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br> <br> I am working on a patch to fix the kgssapi so that it<br> works for MIT's Kerberos.<br> <br> I have copied about 20lines from the MIT .h file in<br> /usr/include/gssapi/gssapi_krb5.h to /usr/src/sys/kgssapi/gssapi.h.<br> (The kernel one is a small subset that the kernel code needs.)<br> <br> My question is...<br> Since the two .h files have different copyright notices, do I need<br> to copy the copyright notice into /usr/src/sys/kgssapi/gssapi.h?<br> <br> Thanks for any info (amateur lawyers welcome to comment), rick<br> <br> </blockquote></div>home | help
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