Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] Remove ambiguities in the COPYING file; add CONTRIBUTING file

[George Dunlap <dunlapg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Andrew Cooper
<andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/08/16 10:37, Lars Kurth wrote:
>> COPYING file:
>> The motivation of this change is to make it easier for new
>> contributors to conduct a license and patent review, WITHOUT
>> changing any licenses.
>> - Remove references to BSD-style licenses as we have more
>>   common license exceptions and replace with "other license
>>   stanzas"
>> - List the most common situations under which code is licensed
>>   under licenses other than GPLv2 (section "Licensing Exceptions")
>> - List the most common non-GPLv2 licenses that are in use in
>>   this repository based on a recent FOSSology scan (section
>>   "Licensing Exceptions")
>> - List other license related conventions within the project
>>   to make it easier to conduct a license review.
>> - Clarify the incoming license as its omission has confused
>>   past contributors (section "Contributions")
>>
>> CONTRIBUTION file:
>> The motivation of this file is to make it easier for contributors
>> to find contribution related resources. Add information on existing
>> license related conventions to avoid unintentional future licensing
>> issues. Provide templates for copyright headers for the most commonly
>> used licenses in this repository.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, with one style
> correction.
>
>> diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..67ecdb7
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/CONTRIBUTING
>> @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
>> <snip>
>> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
>> + * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
>> + * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
>> + * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
>> + * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
>> + * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
>> + * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
>> + */
>> \ No newline at end of file
>
> Newline at the end.

That can presumably be fixed up on check-in -- no need to resend.

 -George

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