On 11/08/2016 19:57, "Stefano Stabellini" <sstabell...@kernel.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Aug 2016, George Dunlap wrote: >> On 11/08/16 01:51, Stefano Stabellini wrote: >> > On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, Lars Kurth wrote: >> >> >> diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING >> >> new file mode 100644 >> >> index 0000000..7af13c4 >> >> --- /dev/null >> >> +++ b/CONTRIBUTING >> >> @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@ >> >> + >> >> +CONTRIBUTING >> >> +============ >> >> + >> >> +INBOUND LICENSE >> >> +--------------- >> >> + >> >> +Contributions are governed by the license that applies to relevant >> >> +specific file or by the license specified in the COPYING file, that >> > ^files >> >> I think "file" is better here, as the license is on a file-by-file >> basis, not on a whole contribution basis. That is, if your contribution >> changes a BSD file and a GPLv2 file in a single series (or a single >> patch), then the changes to the BSD file are goverened by the BSD >> licence, and the changes to the GPLv2 file are governed by the GPLv2. > >OK, I understand the intention behind that sentence but it sounds odd to >me (possibly because I am not a native English speaker so if it is >technically correct, you might want to ignore my comment). >Shouldn't it be: > > to _a_ relevant specific file I will fix this. I think probably _the_ instead of _a_ is better. Next revision coming. Lars _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
