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Re: licensing status for files without notice
On 01/02/2018 10:39 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> On 01/02/2018 07:29 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Jan 2018, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> what license are files in glibc under that do not have an explicit
>>> copyright notice?
>>
>> We should put a standard LGPL notice on any such files more than ten lines
>> long. (However, to get the copyright dates for an old file without a
>> copyright notice it may be necessary to check history.git for when the
>> file was actually created, because of problems with the coalescing of
>> commits into subsequent ChangeLog commits in earlier history.)
>
> I think the ChangeLog files themselves are sufficiently accurate to determine the year of the change.
>
> Thanks,
> Florian
>
> tst-pselect.patch
>
>
> Subject: [PATCH] misc/tst-pselect.c: Add copyright header
> To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
>
> The initial year is based on the date in the original ChangeLog entry
> (2006-01-21).
>
> 2018-01-02 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
>
> * misc/tst-pselect.c: Add copyright header.
LGTM.
Relevant ChangeLog was ChangeLog.old/ChangeLog.16.
Entry was for 2006-01-21, the file in question was created by Ulrich Drepper
while at Red Hat.
The git history is also accurate.
Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
> diff --git a/misc/tst-pselect.c b/misc/tst-pselect.c
> index 0d11a809a0..fc28d64238 100644
> --- a/misc/tst-pselect.c
> +++ b/misc/tst-pselect.c
> @@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
> +/* Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> + This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> +
> + The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> + version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +
> + The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> + Lesser General Public License for more details.
> +
> + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> + License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> + <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
> +
> #include <errno.h>
> #include <signal.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
--
Cheers,
Carlos.