Thanks! Warner
On Thu, Aug 7, 2025, 4:31 PM Steffen Nurpmeso <stef...@sdaoden.eu> wrote: > Hello Simon, all, > > Simon J. Gerraty wrote in > <202508072215.577mfjpx011...@gitrepo.freebsd.org>: > ... > |URL: > https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5c4d1c85847d84bd86e6b12408f\ > |9b5f846094f39 > | > |commit 5c4d1c85847d84bd86e6b12408f9b5f846094f39 > |Author: Simon J. Gerraty <s...@freebsd.org> > |AuthorDate: 2025-08-07 22:15:37 +0000 > |Commit: Simon J. Gerraty <s...@freebsd.org> > |CommitDate: 2025-08-07 22:15:37 +0000 > | > | Replace license with just SPDX BSD-2-Clause > > That is very interesting! And .. are you really sure this is > right with BSD etc licenses which explicitly require that the > license text is included? > So i looked and found [1] which says > > SPDX IDs are intending to express information about > licenses. Copyright notices ‐ statements about who owns the > copyright in a file or project ‐ are outside the scope of SPDX > short-form IDs. > Therefore, you should not remove or modify existing copyright > notices in files when adding an SPDX ID. > > However i am sure you do not do something like this "just like > that", and would be very interested -- it would be nice to be able > to vaporise the file header -- i always have that pitfall moment > when i look into Plan9 / 9front source code, which then simply > starts off (and very often with "#include <u.h>", just like that). > > [1] https://spdx.dev/learn/handling-license-info/ > > --steffen > | > |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, > |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one > |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off > |(By Robert Gernhardt) > | > |During summer's humble, here's David Leonard's grumble > | > |The black bear, The black bear, > |blithely holds his own holds himself at leisure > |beating it, up and down tossing over his ups and downs with pleasure > | > |Farewell, dear collar bear >
