Re: [PATCH v2] Remove ambiguities in the COPYING file; add CONTRIBUTING file

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 03:42:58PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 08/09/16 15:36, Lars Kurth wrote:
> >> On 16 Aug 2016, at 09:19, George Dunlap <dunlapg@umich.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Andrew Cooper
> >> <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> wrote:
> >>> On 12/08/16 10:37, Lars Kurth wrote:
> >>>> COPYING file:
> >>>> The motivation of this change is to make it easier for new
> >>>> contributors to conduct a license and patent review, WITHOUT
> >>>> changing any licenses.
> >>>> - Remove references to BSD-style licenses as we have more
> >>>>  common license exceptions and replace with "other license
> >>>>  stanzas"
> >>>> - List the most common situations under which code is licensed
> >>>>  under licenses other than GPLv2 (section "Licensing Exceptions")
> >>>> - List the most common non-GPLv2 licenses that are in use in
> >>>>  this repository based on a recent FOSSology scan (section
> >>>>  "Licensing Exceptions")
> >>>> - List other license related conventions within the project
> >>>>  to make it easier to conduct a license review.
> >>>> - Clarify the incoming license as its omission has confused
> >>>>  past contributors (section "Contributions")
> >>>>
> >>>> CONTRIBUTION file:
> >>>> The motivation of this file is to make it easier for contributors
> >>>> to find contribution related resources. Add information on existing
> >>>> license related conventions to avoid unintentional future licensing
> >>>> issues. Provide templates for copyright headers for the most commonly
> >>>> used licenses in this repository.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@citrix.com>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>, with one style
> >>> correction.
> >>>
> >>>> diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 0000000..67ecdb7
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/CONTRIBUTING
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
> >>>> <snip>
> >>>> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> >>>> + * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
> >>>> + * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
> >>>> + * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
> >>>> + * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
> >>>> + * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
> >>>> + * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> >>>> + */
> >>>> \ No newline at end of file
> >>> Newline at the end.
> >> That can presumably be fixed up on check-in -- no need to resend.
> >>
> >> -George
> > Thank you. 
> >
> > Otherwise: Ping? Who else needs to ACK to check this in
> > Lars
> 
> Given the lack of any objections, I declare that agreement via lazy
> consensus.  I reckon it is fine to go in with its current review/ack set.
> 

Acked + pushed.

Removed all trailing whitespaces and added a new line to the end of
CONTRIBUTING file while committing.

Wei.

> ~Andrew

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