[Buildroot] [PATCH] snmppp: extract license text from source files

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Thomas, All,

On 2015-07-22 23:26 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 23:01:08 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> 
> > My point of view in the case there is no license file in the package:
> > 
> >  1) we should not regenerate a file, neither manually nor automatically:
> >     - the automatic part (i.e. in the infra) can be easily foiled when a
> >       package is updated,
> >     - the manual part (like suggested by Luca) can also, but to a lower
> >       extent, be broken on updates;
> > 
> >  2) if we refer to a file, it should be an existing file like a source
> >     file.
> > 
> > But all-in-all, I believe we should not refer to a license file if
> > there's none in the package.
> 
> The v3.cpp file is only 428 lines long, and weights 10260 bytes.
> Comparatively, the GPLv2 text is 339 lines long for 18092 bytes, and
> the GPLv3 text is 647 lines lon for 35147 bytes.
> 
> If you're really concerned about the file size used for the license of
> snmppp, we could switch to use src/gauge.cpp instead of src/v3.cpp.
> gauge.cpp is only 75 lines long, for 2804 bytes, and I'd say two thirds
> of the file contents are license stuff.

It's not about the size of the file. It's just that I find it odd to use
a source file as a license file.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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