From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS22989 209.51.188.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,URIBL_SBL,URIBL_SBL_A shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 525131F5AE for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2021 20:26:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:58766 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lpGOP-0008EF-75 for normalperson@yhbt.net; Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:26:09 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40728) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lpGOK-0008Do-9V for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:26:04 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:50791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lpGOF-00065X-4V for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:26:02 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1622838357; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=YJFj1uectj3SuzFa4yUwI1jB4Omb+YvG6oVTz2kmSTc=; b=Jz73ShacE0kvYWjPTp3n/7bqbyAiABhbG1KN3heLnCmshmBjCI2E7iW18Sz/M4MH1oCeKz H1epUxofjyk3N6hVwttE5Y3Mf5o+Yv64rXlaoN1PoFk8Tu8Hfo9rjb5j6fS7duTqh9HwHi SKqWp14D7r0O8dUgswS06TkgXMrzVCM= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-192--29g0nhOPQqVhYvBj6sJqQ-1; Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:25:55 -0400 X-MC-Unique: -29g0nhOPQqVhYvBj6sJqQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E3251020C2E; Fri, 4 Jun 2021 20:25:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (ovpn-113-53.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.53]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF26619C79; Fri, 4 Jun 2021 20:25:53 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 15:25:52 -0500 From: Eric Blake To: Bruno Haible Subject: Re: put appropriate license notices in source files Message-ID: <20210604202552.52xlrdzdwpebnrdi@redhat.com> References: <13090550.mNDUoA7e8v@omega> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <13090550.mNDUoA7e8v@omega> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20210205 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=eblake@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=eblake@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -31 X-Spam_score: -3.2 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.373, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: bug-gnulib@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 10:03:04PM +0200, Bruno Haible wrote: > * There are many tools for copyright and license checking [2] and we make > their job easier by avoiding unclear situations regarding what is > "nontrivial". > So, I added copyright and license notices to these files. > > [1] https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html > [2] https://wiki.debian.org/CopyrightReviewTools Speaking of tools, should we include SPDX tags alongside the full text of all our licenses, as that is yet another thing that aids license-checking tools? https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/appendix-V-using-SPDX-short-identifiers-in-source-files/ However, for clarity, I think it is wrong to rely on SPDX tag only in place of the full license text; adding the one-liner SPDX should be just that, an additional line. -- Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3266 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org