SPDX License Identifier Only and Full Copy?

[Joel Sherrill]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 8:34 AM Andrew Butterfield <
Andrew.Butterfield at cs.tcd.ie> wrote:

> I like this because,
> 1. It tells me it is a BSD license (which the BSD license at the bottom
> doesn't)
> 2 . Then the stuff that tells me if the file is interesting (as per Joel's
> comment)
> 3. Then the license
>

+1

And to toss in another decision point, the ntpsec project has a thread now
that copyright statements do not need to include years. Apparently, Debian
has some opinions on this and from what I can tell, it simplifies an
overall copyright report.


> Just my thruppence worth ;-)
>

How much is that worth at the current exchange rate? :)

>
> ANDREW
>
> On 21 Feb 2020, at 14:26, Sebastian Huber <
> sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de> wrote:
>
> We can keep the BSD-2-Clause text in the file. We can also keep the @file
> on the top. Example:
>
> /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause */
>
> /**
> * @file
> *
> * @ingroup RTEMSApplicationConfiguration
> *
> * @brief Evaluate Configuration Options
> *
> * This header file includes a couple of header files which evaluate the
> * configuration options specified by the application.  The macros and
> defines
> * used to configure the system are documented in the Configuring a System
> * chapter of the Classic API User's Guide.
> */
>
> /*
> * Copyright (C) 2020 embedded brains GmbH (http://www.embedded-brains.de)
> * Copyright (C) 1989, 2000 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
> *
> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> * are met:
> * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> *
> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
> IS"
> * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> PURPOSE
> * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
> * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
> * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
> * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
> * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
> * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
> * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
> THE
> * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
> */
>
>
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