SPDX License Identifier Only and Full Copy?

[Sebastian Huber]

On 26/02/2020 05:51, Chris Johns wrote:
> 
> 
> On 26/2/20 3:46 pm, Gedare Bloom wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:18 PM Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26/2/20 3:06 pm, Gedare Bloom wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 6:57 PM Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 24/2/20 6:52 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I updated the File Template section:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://docs.rtems.org/branches/master/eng/coding-file-hdr.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please have a look at it and check if it is all right for you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Does there need to be something about code copied into the source tree?
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>> Do you mean 3rd party code / code that is not licensed with 2-BSD?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Take this file ...
>>>
>>> https://git.rtems.org/rtems/tree/cpukit/dtc/README.license
>>>
>>> Does the procedure need to manage the process a user follows to add a file like
>>> this? The procedure in the link covers code written by the user which is great
>>> but not code that is imported. Should it?
>>>
>>> Chris
>> OK, I think of this as 3rd party code. This case is important to
>> capture in our processes, and I'm glad you pointed it out. We always
>> strive to minimize changes to 3rd party code to enhance
>> maintainability. However, I could see there are benefits to adding our
>> own header information to 3rd party source files, in order to capture
>> their license information in SPDX for automated compliance checking,
>> if nothing else.
> 
> Yes there are conflicting requirements here. Maybe the procedure could suggest
> working with the upstream project adding the head?

The File Template section is a subsection of Coding Standards. Maybe we 
should make it more clear that this targets code specifically written 
for RTEMS.

The third-party code guide lines are still in the wiki:

https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/Developer/Coding/ThirdPartyCode

We should first try to fix things with the upstream project and then 
merge it back.

In the dtc example, the SPDX License Identifiers are already present in 
a later version.

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