Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 05:30:05 GMT From: Jason McIntyre <jmc@kerhand.co.uk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/98911: getopt(1): getopt.c license issue Message-ID: <200805050530.m455U5jY040058@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/98911; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jason McIntyre <jmc@kerhand.co.uk> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/98911: getopt(1): getopt.c license issue Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 06:26:46 +0059 On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 10:50:05PM +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: > Since this issue was raised in June 2006 NetBSD added a header at the > top of getopt.c: > > /* > * This material, written by Henry Spencer, was released by him > * into the public domain and is thus not subject to any copyright. > */ > > The FreeBSD man page for getopt(1) does record Henry as the author, but > the README in src/usr.bin/getopt is possibly misleading. The original > message can be seen through Google Groups at > http://groups.google.com/group/mod.std.unix/msg/4ebaa418597b4ff0 and it > appears clear that Ian Darwin isn't claiming he wrote getopt but that > he'd found it and was posting a copy of it for others to see. In > particular, note that the History section remained intact and attributed > Henry as the original author. > i see your point. however the README does not exactly do a great job of clarifying the license - it's hard to read it and not conclude ian wasn;t the author. wouldn;t it be clearer to put the public domain blurb on these files? jmc
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