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Date:      Tue, 26 May 2009 21:14:37 +0100 (BST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>, Ivan Voras <ivoras@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...
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905262114090.23177@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090526200925.GA41682@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
References:  <200905260822.n4Q8M0Zv051280@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905261126560.23177@fledge.watson.org> <9bbcef730905260624x289af079ue8524e821c1dc891@mail.gmail.com> <20090526200925.GA41682@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>

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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?)

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge



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