From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Sun Mar 25 11:49:51 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12541F65B07; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 11:49:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (br1.CN84in.dnsmgr.net [69.59.192.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8034C80FB0; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 11:49:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: from pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id w2PBnk7f041040; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 04:49:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id w2PBnj3R041039; Sun, 25 Mar 2018 04:49:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <201803251149.w2PBnj3R041039@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: svn commit: r331510 - in head: share/man/man4 sys/conf sys/dev/vmware/vmci sys/modules/vmware sys/modules/vmware/vmci In-Reply-To: To: Mark Peek Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 04:49:45 -0700 (PDT) CC: rgrimes@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Reply-To: rgrimes@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121h (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 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: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 11:49:51 -0000 > On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 6:27 PM, Rodney W. Grimes < > freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > > > Author: mp > > > Date: Sun Mar 25 00:57:00 2018 > > > New Revision: 331510 > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/331510 > > > > These files do not each contain a usable copyright, though > > they seem to contain SPDX tags that indiate they should contain > > a BSD 2 clause copyright. > > > IANAL but I believe you meant "...they should contain a BSD 2 clause > *license*". The files should contain a valid copyright. A valid, but unusable. As the copyright is it is a full copyright held by vmware without any rights to be published or redistributed any any manner by anyone but vmware. "Copyright (c) 2018 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved." That is a restrictive copyright, allowing no one to publish, or in our case, redistribute, without a further license of some form. > The intent of my commit and the author were to use the implied SPDX version > of the licenses without burdening the source code with the more heavyweight > license text. Having seen SPDX in the src tree, I believed > the SPDX-License-Identifier was sufficient. But, to your point, I'm not > sure I have seen a discussion or a decision on it. SPDX tags are purely to be treated as "advisory" and in no one imply or create any license agreement. > Mark -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org