From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 26 20:14:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D124A106567A; Tue, 26 May 2009 20:14:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A398FC12; Tue, 26 May 2009 20:14:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [65.122.17.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 482CC46BA2; Tue, 26 May 2009 16:14:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:14:37 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Brooks Davis In-Reply-To: <20090526200925.GA41682@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> Message-ID: References: <200905260822.n4Q8M0Zv051280@svn.freebsd.org> <9bbcef730905260624x289af079ue8524e821c1dc891@mail.gmail.com> <20090526200925.GA41682@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Edward Tomasz Napierala , Ivan Voras 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-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 20:14:38 -0000 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