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

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On 16 Aug 2016, at 09:19, George Dunlap <dunlapg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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

Thank you. 

Otherwise: Ping? Who else needs to ACK to check this in
Lars
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