From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 26 21:22:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDD2C1065745; Tue, 26 May 2009 21:22:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BBA68FC0A; Tue, 26 May 2009 21:22:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so4223120bwz.43 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GdSmlQADYfTaogB8nUuglXpSJ7vj4GjIrGnhPeNNf/o=; b=nn4lEEJps0ZI6IG6s630Z6DY0HsNZZnkETBAXvsxFz29JaaGfVVonelkNsy9DaYome wYmz2b8slfKRPJUEIV4RRWFDvAwyHzAViLKVZcNAZN3v9QJrr/32halIEVPc565EXaGk qyTPjaugp6QYpRpxfQSOOCI2QDCOfUeTuwowM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=F9DwqovsyPMZcZyyrxI1eb9ncNS6uQVe8IztnPU39e2lcXjtNO+66NPWiVTrKerbMw ZjOjmV3M+XhaLKiUaDHX7Y5lDdV5l4eE21pzMb4wtoEF4a6IYD4P7pBD2CEpJCG3KiKl pLWZnmAjNxp1MmkdQ3uazHTP8pS9yGVj0xzKM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: ivoras@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.31.78 with SMTP id x14mr8606408bkc.3.1243372930788; Tue, 26 May 2009 14:22:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <200905260822.n4Q8M0Zv051280@svn.freebsd.org> <9bbcef730905260624x289af079ue8524e821c1dc891@mail.gmail.com> <20090526200925.GA41682@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> From: Ivan Voras Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 23:21:49 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3f7e761d137ff919 Message-ID: <9bbcef730905261421m10b4a4bfkcb17da401a237001@mail.gmail.com> To: Robert Watson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis , Edward Tomasz Napierala , src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r192800 - in head/sys: cddl/compat/opensolaris/kern cddl/compat/opensolaris/sys cddl/contrib/opensolaris/common/acl cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs cddl/contrib/opensolaris/u... X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:22:14 -0000 2009/5/26 Robert Watson : > > On Tue, 26 May 2009, Brooks Davis wrote: > >>>> Cute though this BSD license variation is, I'm pretty sure it's not on >>>> the approved license list. ??Sticking to the standard license templates >>>> potentially saves significant trouble later -- especially when people >>> >>> Hmm, I'm sure that there exists some SVN magic which would allow authors >>> to enter something >>> >>> $BSDL2 Charlie Root 2008,2009$ >>> >>> and it expands to a perfect boilerplate on checkout :) >> >> Such a change would result in a repository filled without license blocks. >> This might be appropriate in a corporate setting, but isn't worth >> considering here since copies of the repo would lack correct attributions. > > I'd assumed that it was a tongue-in-cheek proposal, myself :-). > > (It is, right?) Yes, because I knew about the repository issue when I wrote it but then I started thinking about it some more. If statements like "please see LICENSE.TXT for licensing" are legally valid (and at least Sun thinks so because their standard license header basically says: "this is a CDDL-licensed file, see $url for details"), why wouldn't this be? It is of course an academic point if for nothing else then because an Open source project needs to be defensive and conservative in these matters but now I don't consider it invalid.