[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net: update licence for network headers

Olivier MATZ olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Mon Dec 11 09:58:52 CET 2017


On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:57:41AM +0530, Hemant Agrawal wrote:
[...]
> > License text example in [1] starts from Copyright and has All rights
> > reserved.
> > I agree that template should be clearly specified from the very beginning.
> > 
> > [1] https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause#licenseText
> > 
> Hi all,
> 	Most templates are showing copyright first and SPDX later i.e. the typical
> way for writing the license.
> 
> However some projects has followed it other way around to make it easy for
> tools i.e. the TOP line.
> 
> I agree with Ferruh that we shall follow single convention.  I will prefer
> to do it in following way to make it consistent. (I will also fix my change
> patches).
> 
> >> Copyright (C) [YEAR] NAME-OF-COPYRIGHT-HOLDER
> >> Copyright (C) [YEAR] NAME-OF-COPYRIGHT-HOLDER-2
> >> Copyright (C) [YEAR] NAME-OF-COPYRIGHT-HOLDER-3
> >> SPDX-License-Identifier:        BSD-3-Clause

OK for me, I'll send a v2.

Olivier


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