From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement safe_strncpy() as strlcpy() and use it more.
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:45:01 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606110942560.5498@g5.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060611103358.GB10430@bohr.gbar.dtu.dk>
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Peter Eriksen wrote:
> >
> > Please include full copyright information.
>
> Where should this information go?
Gaah, for soemthing as trivial as strlcpy(), please either just rewrite
the function (you can only do it in so many ways), since the copyright
message is _bigger_ and more annoying than the code itself.
Or, just attribute it. Say "this is a trivial implementation 'strlcpy()'
shamelessly stolen from OpenBSD, originally under a BSD license, converted
to GPLv2"
That whole "big copyright messages" thign is a _disease_.
Linus
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-11 16:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-11 10:06 [PATCH] Implement safe_strncpy() as strlcpy() and use it more Peter Eriksen
2006-06-11 10:15 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2006-06-11 10:33 ` Peter Eriksen
2006-06-11 11:17 ` Rene Scharfe
2006-06-11 16:45 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
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