Re: [XEN PATCH for-4.17 4/4] Rework COPYING installed in /usr/include/xen/, due to several licences

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 02.11.2022 12:28, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/include/xen/COPYING
> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
> +XEN NOTICE
> +==========
> +
> +This licence applies to all files within this subdirectory 
> ("/usr/include/xen")
> +with the exception of "sys/" which may include an header under public domain 
> or
> +BSD-2 licence.

Nit: s/an header/headers/ ? And perhaps better to not name the two licenses
here but instead keep this more generic so it wouldn't need changing if a
header with yet another license appeared?

> +=====================================================================
> +
> +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
> +of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
> +deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the

I understand you've simply copied this from ./COPYING, but shouldn't it be
"limitation of" or "limiting"?

Jan

> +rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
> +sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
> +furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> +
> +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
> +all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
> +
> +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.