Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] Remove ambiguities in the COPYING file; add CONTRIBUTING file

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/08/16 10:37, Lars Kurth wrote:
> COPYING file:
> The motivation of this change is to make it easier for new
> contributors to conduct a license and patent review, WITHOUT
> changing any licenses.
> - Remove references to BSD-style licenses as we have more
>   common license exceptions and replace with "other license
>   stanzas"
> - List the most common situations under which code is licensed
>   under licenses other than GPLv2 (section "Licensing Exceptions")
> - List the most common non-GPLv2 licenses that are in use in
>   this repository based on a recent FOSSology scan (section
>   "Licensing Exceptions")
> - List other license related conventions within the project
>   to make it easier to conduct a license review.
> - Clarify the incoming license as its omission has confused
>   past contributors (section "Contributions")
>
> CONTRIBUTION file:
> The motivation of this file is to make it easier for contributors
> to find contribution related resources. Add information on existing
> license related conventions to avoid unintentional future licensing
> issues. Provide templates for copyright headers for the most commonly
> used licenses in this repository.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, with one style
correction.

> diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..67ecdb7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/CONTRIBUTING
> @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
> <snip>
> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 
> + * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF 
> + * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
> + * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY 
> + * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, 
> + * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
> + * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> + */
> \ No newline at end of file

Newline at the end.

~Andrew

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