Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] Remove extra copies of licenses and license headers

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Stefano,

On 11/10/2022 01:26, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2022, Julien Grall wrote:
> > >    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
> > > @@ -32,20 +28,22 @@ deviation. Any new code must be GPLv2 compatible.
> > >    New components
> > >    --------------
> > >    -When creating new components and directories that contain a
> > > -significant amount of files that are licensed under licenses other
> > > -than GPLv2 or the license specified in the COPYING file, please
> > > -create a new COPYING file in that directory containing a copy of the
> > > -license text and a rationale for using a different license. This helps
> > > -ensure that the license of this new component/directory is maintained
> > > -consistently with the original intention.
> > > +When creating new components and directories that contain a significant
> > > +amount of files that are licensed under licenses other than GPLv2,
> > > +please create a new COPYING file in that directory with the rationale
> > > +for using a different license. This helps ensure that the license of
> > > +this new component/directory is maintained consistently with the
> > > +original intention.
> > I don't understand why the wording "or the license specified in the COPYING
> > file" is dropped. To me, the sentence was indicating that it is not necessary
> > to create a COPYING file in every sub-directory if the license is not GPLv2
> > and it matches the license of a parent directory.
> >
> > Do you plan to remove COPYING completely?
> No, I don't plan to remove COPYING completely. COPYING is useful to tell
> the user what license to choose. I only meant to clarify that COPYING
> doesn't need to have a full copy of the license again. An SPDX tag would
> be enough. I can change it to:
>
> ---
> When creating new components and directories that contain a
> significant amount of files that are licensed under licenses other
> than GPLv2 or the license specified in the COPYING file, please
> create a new COPYING file in that directory containing the SPDX tag
> and a rationale for using a different license. This helps ensure that
> the license of this new component/directory is maintained consistently
> with the original intention.
> ---
Sounds good to me.

Cheers,

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Julien Grall