Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:36:37 -0500 From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r327005 - in head: sbin/ipfw sys/sys usr.sbin/watch Message-ID: <5FDA0E4A-C1A9-4283-B80D-2C13FAF75FF9@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201712200015.vBK0FRwX023259@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <201712200015.vBK0FRwX023259@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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> On Dec 19, 2017, at 19:15, Rodney W. Grimes = <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: >=20 >> Author: pfg >> Date: Tue Dec 19 22:40:16 2017 >> New Revision: 327005 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327005 >>=20 >> Log: >> SPDX: These are fundamentally BSD-2-Clause. >>=20 >> They just omit the introductory line and numbering. >=20 > I again must assert that it would be better to not apply an SPDX than = to > apply one that is not an exact match for the license. =20 >=20 >=20 Not being a lawyer, I would normally agree, however: 1) SPDX IDs are only advisory: we always keep the exact license text, = which is what has legal value. 2) The license is detected by license scanners as BSD and it has two = clauses so the description fits. FWIW, according to SPDX lawyers, the numbering is not relevant and it = would appear to me that the phrase: "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without = modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are = met:=E2=80=9D doesn=E2=80=99t add any information to the two clauses, = which read: Redistributions of source code must =E2=80=A6 Redistributions in binary form must ... Pedro. >> Modified: >> head/sbin/ipfw/altq.c >> head/sbin/ipfw/dummynet.c >> head/sbin/ipfw/ipfw2.c >> head/sbin/ipfw/ipfw2.h >> head/sbin/ipfw/ipv6.c >> head/sbin/ipfw/main.c >> head/sbin/ipfw/nat.c >> head/sys/sys/msg.h >> head/sys/sys/snoop.h >> head/usr.sbin/watch/watch.c > ... >=20 > --=20 > Rod Grimes = rgrimes@freebsd.org
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