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Re: [PATCH 0/5] COPYING: modernize, steal boilerplate from linux.git

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Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>
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Oct 4, 2021, 17:28 UTC
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On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 11:19 AM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:

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> There's patches to git.git to add a BSD-licensed reftable/ directory
> with its own "COPYING" file[1]. I think that for such a thing to be
> in-tree we should have some note in the top-level "COPYING" explaining
> git's license, but that subdirectories or other files could be under
> their own licenses.
>..
Thanks for looking into this. This all seems reasonable to me.
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Message 10 of 20 in “COPYING: modernize, steal boilerplate from linux.git”
  1. 0/5 COPYING: modernize, steal boilerplate from linux.gitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  2. 1/5 "lib-diff" tests: make "README" and "COPYING" test data smallerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  3. Han-Wen NienhuysOct 4, 2021
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2021
  5. 2/5 tests: stop using top-level "README" and "COPYING" filesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  6. 3/5 COPYING: remove mention of GPLv3, clarify sub-project COPYINGÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2021
  8. 5/5 GPL-2.0: update to byte-for-byte match the FSF's versionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  9. 4/5 COPYING: move GPL text to a "GPL-2.0" fileÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 2, 2021
  10. Han-Wen NienhuysOct 4, 2021
  11. 0/5 COPYING: modernize, steal boilerplate from linux.gitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  12. 2/5 tests: stop using top-level "README" and "COPYING" filesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  13. 1/5 "lib-diff" tests: make "README" and "COPYING" test data smallerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  14. 3/5 COPYING: remove mention of GPLv3, clarify sub-project COPYINGÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  15. 5/5 GPL-2.0: update to byte-for-byte match the FSF's versionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  16. 4/5 COPYING: move GPL text to a "GPL-2.0" fileÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 5, 2021
  17. 0/2 tests: stop relying on top-level COPYING and READMEÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 15, 2021
  18. 2/2 tests: stop using top-level "README" and "COPYING" filesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 15, 2021
  19. 1/2 "lib-diff" tests: make "README" and "COPYING" test data smallerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 15, 2021
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 15, 2021

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