Re: [PATCH] Enhance fphex test

[Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>]

> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> wrote:
> >> What's up with test cases that don't have licenses?
> >
> > I think it's just past carelessness, or perhaps past (unstated) decisions
> > that it didn't matter. ?(The clear right to distribute them matters, but
> > the actual license doesn't really.)
> 
> The copyright holder, in this case the FSF, has the right to distribute?

Yes.

> I assume you are saying the license doesn't matter because you don't
> believe the tests have value outside of glibc?

No, I meant that clarity and discipline on license matters hasn't really
mattered because they are not built into binaries anyone has distributed.

> My feeling is that these tests have value and therefore should be
> licensed accordingly.
> 
> I agree that a GPL >= 2 header is good.

I have no objection to putting license headers on all the tests.


Thanks,
Roland