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

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/09/16 15:36, Lars Kurth wrote:
>> 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

Given the lack of any objections, I declare that agreement via lazy
consensus.  I reckon it is fine to go in with its current review/ack set.

~Andrew

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