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From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx> Remove the extra copy of the GPL license and license copyright headers from CONTRIBUTING and the top-level COPYING. Mention of the LICENSES/ directory and also mention the SPDX tag. SPDX support is still in progress and COPYING files in subdirectories still need to be updated. Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxx> --- Changes in v4: - add a reference to LICENSES/ - clarify "New components" - clarify "New files" - move patch to #2 Patch new in v3 --- CONTRIBUTING | 151 +++------------------- COPYING | 351 +-------------------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 480 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING index 6ec146baf0..5710a8a764 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING +++ b/CONTRIBUTING @@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ 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. +See LICENSES/ for a list of licenses and SPDX tags currently used. When creating new components, new files, or importing code please follow the conventions outlined below. As a general rule, whenever code using a @@ -35,17 +33,26 @@ 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. +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. New files --------- -If specific files that differ from the license in a directory are introduced, -exceptions should be highlighted and discussed in the commit message or cover -letter introducing the file. +New files should start with a single-line SPDX comment to express the +license. For instance, if the file is GPLv2, the comment would look +like: + +/* SPDX-License-Identifier... */ + +The recommended license of a directory will depend on the COPYING file. +If the new file is using a different license, this should be highlighted +and discussed in the commit message or cover letter introducing the +file. + +See LICENSES/ for a list of licenses and SPDX tags currently used. Importing code -------------- @@ -105,127 +112,3 @@ For more information on contributing to this repository, see - https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Developers -COMMON COPYRIGHT NOTICES -======================== - -The following section contains sample copyright notice for the most -common licenses used within the Xen Project that is consistent with the -projects coding standards. - -GPL v2 License --------------- - -/* - * <File name> - * - * <One line description of the file and what it does> - * - * Copyright (C) <year> <name of author and/or company> - * - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public - * License, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. - * - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - * General Public License for more details. - * - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public - * License along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. - */ - - -LGPL v2.1 License ------------------ - -/* - * <File name> - * - * <One line description of the file and what it does> - * - * Copyright (C) <year> <name of author and/or company> - * - * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public - * License, version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation. - * - * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - * Lesser General Public License for more details. - * - * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public - * License along with this library; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. - */ - -BSD-Modified License (also known as BSD-3-Clause) -------------------------------------------------- - -/* - * <File name> - * - * <One line description of the file and what it does> - * - * Copyright (C) <year> <name of author and/or company> - * All rights reserved. - * - * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without - * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions - * are met: - * - * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright - * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. - * 2. 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Note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as -the files in this repository are concerned is _this_ particular -version of the license (i.e., *only* v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or -whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. +General Public License (GPL), a copy of which is present under the +LICENSES/ directory. Note that the only valid version of the GPL as far +as the files in this repository are concerned is _this_ particular +version of the license (i.e., *only* v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), +unless explicitly otherwise stated. Some code fragments in the hypervisor and associated subsystems include other license stanzas: the most common ones are listed in @@ -73,344 +73,3 @@ governs the license of its containing directory and its subdirectories. 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