Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING: Clarifications on how to handle license deviations

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Wei,

On 06/12/2018, 14:09, "Wei Liu" <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

    On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 06:05:10PM +0000, Lars Kurth wrote:
    > This patch makes a few clarifications which were discussed on
    > IRC recently. 
    > 
    > Specifically: 
    > - Highlight the principle that license deviations
    >   should be brought to the attention of maintainers 
    > - Add a requirement for GPLv2 compatibility 
    > - Restructure the document toghlight  use-cases for  
    
    to highlight
    
    >   "New components" and "Importing code" clearer 
    > - Add conventions and instructions for "New files"
    > 
    > Signed-off-by: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>
    > ---
    >  CONTRIBUTING | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
    >  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
    > 
    > diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
    > index cfee8f1567..63050e9141 100644
    > --- a/CONTRIBUTING
    > +++ b/CONTRIBUTING
    > @@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ Most notably:
    >   - tools/xl           : LGPL v2.1
    >   - xen/include/public : MIT license
    >  
    > +The COMMON COPYRIGHT NOTICES section of this document contains
    > +sample copyright notices for the most common licenses used within
    > +this repository.
    > +
    > +When creating new components, new files, or importing code please follow
    > +the conventions outlined below. As a general rule, whenever code using a
    > +license other than GPLv2 is introduced, attention must be drawn to the
    > +difference, such that maibtainers can make an informed decision about the
    
    maintainers
    
    Overall this patch looks good to me.
    
Anyone else any views, before I re-roll the patch
Lars    

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