[bitbake-devel] [PATCH 4/6] bitbake: Drop duplicate license boilerplace text

[Mark Hatle]

On 5/2/19 4:11 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-05-01 at 08:44 -0500, Mark Hatle wrote:
>> On 5/1/19 6:18 AM, Richard Purdie wrote:
>>> With the introduction of SPDX-License-Identifier headers, we don't
>>> need a ton
>>> of header boilerplate in every file. Simplify the files and rely on
>>> the top
>>> level for the full licence text.
>>
>> I've actually been told the opposite by people.  That you still need
>> the boilerplate text for various jurisdiction, as the SPDX-License-
>> Identifier may not meet regional copyright/license requirements.
> 
> Its good enough for u-boot, its also good enough for SPDX (e.g. 
> https://spdx.org/sites/cpstandard/files/pages/files/using_spdx_license_list_short_identifiers.pdf
> ).
> 
> Can you point at a jurisdiction where its a problem?

I do not have that information.  I was just repeating what I've been told in the
past from various sources, including licensing talks at ELC-E.

> We have the top level LICENSE* files and they explicitly reference the
> identifier. The files are a collective, with modern source control and
> release tarballs or package management they work as a unit.
> 
> The copyright situation is unchanged as the copyright remains stated in
> each file.
> 
> I think the benefits in cleaning this up outweigh potential risk,
> particularly if we move as a wider community to establish this as the
> standard (and it does make sense to me to do and support that).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
> 
>