From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement safe_strncpy() as strlcpy() and use it more. Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:45:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20060611100628.GA10430@bohr.gbar.dtu.dk> <20060611.191540.68073375.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> <20060611103358.GB10430@bohr.gbar.dtu.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Jun 11 18:45:14 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FpT3o-0001Fn-Go for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:45:13 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750793AbWFKQpH (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:45:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750917AbWFKQpH (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:45:07 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:63968 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750793AbWFKQpF (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:45:05 -0400 Received: from shell0.pdx.osdl.net (fw.osdl.org [65.172.181.6]) by smtp.osdl.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5BGj2gt022530 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:45:03 -0700 Received: from localhost (shell0.pdx.osdl.net [10.9.0.31]) by shell0.pdx.osdl.net (8.13.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k5BGj1Iq026193; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:45:02 -0700 To: Peter Eriksen In-Reply-To: <20060611103358.GB10430@bohr.gbar.dtu.dk> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3 required=5 tests=PATCH_SUBJECT_OSDL X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63-osdl_revision__1.75__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: osdl$Revision: 1.135 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.36 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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