[RFC] Add missing copyrights

Carlos O'Donell carlos@redhat.com
Tue Jun 11 21:26:00 GMT 2013


On 06/11/2013 05:04 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
>> Would you not agree that when it comes to issues of copyright
>> and licensing that the rules we apply should have as few
>> exceptions as possible? Therefore "Add copyright headers to everything"
>> just seems like a win with no lose? What did I miss?
> 
> Fair enough.  But when we get to other exceptions, like things that need
> special variants of the license text, then the notion that you are keeping
> things simple and uniform breaks down.

Sure, everything breaks down in real life, but the intent can be clear.

Do we have a file that contains no license but needs a license that 
is not the boiler plate for the project?

Such a file would raise the question: What's better, no license or the
boiler plate?

Cheers,
Carlos.
 



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