Re: [PATCH v3] ioctl_tty.2: Add example how to get or set baudrate on the serial port

["Alejandro Colomar \(man-pages\) via Libc-alpha" <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>]

Hi Pali,

On 8/5/21 11:51 AM, Pali Rohár wrote:
>>>> Also, you forgot a license for this code, that is required if you want
>>>> people to use it...
>>>
>>> Hm... I do not see any license in other manpage examples. Does not apply
>>> for it global license defined in ioctl_tty.2 file?
>>
>> That does not mean you do not need it.

I don't know what is the status of the current code examples in terms of 
licensing.

I thought I had seen an SPDX license identifier in one of them some time 
ago, but now I can't find it.

Technically, the pages have a license at the top of each file, which 
isn't printed on the rendered output (the license text doesn't require 
so) (see that text below).

If you want a different license for your example (let's say you want it 
BSD for example), I guess you could add an SPDX line at the top of the 
example for simplicity.

But if your code example adheres to the same license as the rest of the 
page, I guess you don't need to do anything in your patch.

But I'm not sure at all; maybe Michael can tell you more about it.

> 
> I will wait for Alejandro's reaction on this topic as I think he wants
> to have all manpages consistent and with the same style, headers, etc...
> 

Thanks!

Alex


---
$ head -n 26 man7/system_data_types.7
.\" Copyright (c) 2020 by Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
.\" and Copyright (c) 2020 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\"
.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
.\" preserved on all copies.
.\"
.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
.\" permission notice identical to this one.
.\"
.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this
.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date.  The author(s) assume no
.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from
.\" the use of the information contained herein.  The author(s) may not
.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual,
.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working
.\" professionally.
.\"
.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
.\" %%%LICENSE_END
.\"
.\"



-- 
Alejandro Colomar
Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/