Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:24:54 -0400 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 686cf5468c4a - main - flex: Regen bootstrap files Message-ID: <5dcdd0e7-2bb4-36ae-ec45-404e421cf180@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <202104200656.13K6uZPZ069494@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <202104200656.13K6uZPZ069494@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On 21. 4. 20., Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >> The branch main has been updated by jkim: >> >> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=686cf5468c4a85c2a6385cdbab2383900876a41d >> >> commit 686cf5468c4a85c2a6385cdbab2383900876a41d >> Author: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> >> AuthorDate: 2021-04-19 18:20:51 +0000 >> Commit: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> >> CommitDate: 2021-04-19 18:20:51 +0000 >> >> flex: Regen bootstrap files >> >> This also partially reverts r326025 (8a16b7a18f5d). I do not see any >> point of adding SPDX tag in generated file. > > The SPDX identifies the copyright that follows it, so please put this back. It is a generated file. If you really think it is necessary, you need to patch its source, i.e., contrib/flex/src/parse.y, and regen the file. However, I don't see much sense in automatically adding BSD license in every generated file in the first place. In fact, I think it should not appear on generated file at all. It may say something along the line of "generated by flex" instead but IANAL. Jung-uk Kim
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