HI,

> I tend to agree with the way Linux does things.  Kconfig files require manual 
> effort to generate and maintain and are a work that should be protected.  
> defconfig files, on the other hand, are auto-generated and you want people to 
> be free to use them. 

In general copyright doesn’t apply to Auto-generated files. You will note 
however that the ASF header doesn’t include a copyright line. See [1].

Also as I explained before the is ASF policy [2] which goes further than what 
is just legally required.

Thanks,
Justin

1. https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
2. https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-nonasf

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