From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 23 19:51:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8B1116A492 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:51:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A2F443D5A for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:50:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x37so930740nfc for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:51:05 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=q3FQSI57AbWe6eg7cutYFne2lVAGD+vfSsBTQWHhajlK3Okk4zzdUG4hkRDyY7fIUWjmKzU2lTqldsG5iqEXosJHO6xduyOw8gnqHurP3TJVyedBouxkmOH0TK+XHFsUBcX16v8T+fgQe3miovxhmVoY5OyDN8iGM6AnOhExFLQ= Received: by 10.82.179.9 with SMTP id b9mr1476227buf.1164311465258; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:51:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.191.20 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:51:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:51:05 -0800 From: "Kip Macy" To: "Ceri Davies" , "Kip Macy" , "Kip Macy" , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20061123194238.GA5219@submonkey.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200611230225.kAN2PGYi043437@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061123145304.GF973@submonkey.net> <20061123194238.GA5219@submonkey.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sun4v/include asm.h src/sys/sun4v/sun4v hcall.S interrupt.S support.S t1_copy.S X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:51:08 -0000 Tell whom? My engineering contact knows. Should I inform Sun legal? In my experience, the legal department's number one concern is CYA, not Sun or the community. -Kip On 11/23/06, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:39:25AM -0800, Kip Macy wrote: > > > > On 11/23/06, Ceri Davies wrote: > > > > > >On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 02:25:16AM +0000, Kip Macy wrote: > > >> kmacy 2006-11-23 02:25:16 UTC > > >> > > >> FreeBSD src repository > > >> > > >> Modified files: > > >> sys/sun4v/include asm.h > > >> sys/sun4v/sun4v hcall.S interrupt.S support.S t1_copy.S > > >> Log: > > >> In contrast to the non-obvious and flexible nature of the optimized > > >> bcopy in t1_copy.S (which shall retain its CDDL copyright, and thus > > >> likely be removed from GENERIC) I have removed the CDDL from > hcall.S > > >> because there is zero flexibility in the implementation of > > >> hypercalls as they derive directly from the hypervisor interface > > >> which is not copyrighted (ironically the source for the hypervisor > > >> itself is BSD licensed). > > >> > > >> It is best to start any bikeshed about this as soon as possible. > > > > > >OK, I'll bite. > > > > > >> Discussed with: bsdimp > > > > > >And Sun? > > > Interfaces aren't copyrightable. > > I'm sure I agree, but it would be polite if nothing else to actually > tell them rather than let them find out. > > Ceri > -- > That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. > -- Moliere > > >