From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB976383E82E for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2021 03:22:44 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org EB976383E82E Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 23:22:41 -0400 From: Mike Frysinger To: Florian Weimer Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Copyright header for localedata files contributed under DCO Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: Florian Weimer , libc-alpha@sourceware.org References: <87pmtq54hs.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> <87czpp4bvo.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OhFeY88l6PmweeDH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87czpp4bvo.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_SHORT, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2021 03:22:47 -0000 --OhFeY88l6PmweeDH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03 Sep 2021 22:55, Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha wrote: > * Mike Frysinger: >=20 > > On 03 Sep 2021 12:37, Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha wrote: > >> The localedata files currently contain this: > >>=20 > >> % This file is part of the GNU C Library and contains locale data. > >> % The Free Software Foundation does not claim any copyright interest > >> % in the locale data contained in this file. The foregoing does not > >> % affect the license of the GNU C Library as a whole. It does not > >> % exempt you from the conditions of the license if your use would > >> % otherwise be governed by that license. > >>=20 > >> I think the wording is less than satisfying because it's unclear wheth= er > >> the patch submitter (or someone else) retains any copyright claims to > >> the file. With localedata patches submitted under the DCO, this becom= es > >> even more confusing. > >>=20 > >> Therefore, I proposed to > >>=20 > >> comment_char % > >> escape_char / > >>=20 > >> % Copyright The GNU Toolchain Authors. > >> % This file is part of the GNU C Library. > >> %=20 > >> % The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > >> % modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public > >> % License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either > >> % version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. > >> %=20 > >> % The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > >> % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > >> % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > >> % Lesser General Public License for more details. > >> %=20 > >> % You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public > >> % License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see > >> % . > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> The main reason is to keep the contribution process simple. For > >> example, we do not need to argue with the submitter whether they > >> actually can disclaim copyright or database protection rights. > >>=20 > >> Since the FSF disclaims copyright, we can also apply this header to > >> mixed FSF/DCO files once the need arises. > > > > imo this is going in the wrong direction > > > > if we want to enforce it, we can add a test to check the header of the = file. > > if a contributor doesn't agree, then we don't accept their patch. i do= n't > > see why we need to bend over backwards for this. >=20 > Do you mean we should accept patches without FSF copyright assignment > that carry the FSF disclaimer? >=20 > The problem is that the FSF disclaimer does not mean anything (and is > therefore very misleading) if the patch has nothing to do with the FSF. i'm saying the files should disclaim all copyright. the point is to convey that these are data files where copyright shouldn't be relevant. -mike --OhFeY88l6PmweeDH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEuQK1JxMl+JKsJRrUQWM7n+g39YEFAmE0OAEACgkQQWM7n+g3 9YFuVA/6A2ofa/r19mnrF5Ud4MZMoK68+iAbV+2qMqqVGEWeebzMDMGo2GOSpZSw 0hoI1vQBW+R/irTYm2CYJuYW8SIKPaBFlCIZ0NSGD5zOIgUSmaAvW27qWznaJdC8 Vj/O3/XFxICDKt/yS8n3M3dbiA5HzwTlDQ0TTttvkERmK6TpPAacNb1fd2ZEj2LV WVXyIf2ha0GijXJBpJmXQ89Kfnav4oqzQuEhA8N7+Em0xpvlOjjlsxS9AZxNK2Ms mItg7/lNeTg5itibIWuIwdLfctdxnqg+fojaC6Zz2liY3HsimJJ8tfP++ZHwJe3X etXLf6Zhbc/bBr3bXH5tefR/wdKZWw5UmFWLBSSMfaU98eG0tC9fwbHandmh9wfK vy+tYpOHI7y2PW3Eq3oJViTZKDM7eefV1sxqefmtwU6B1R6yq0ejXCrpeVw1av9U XKU9euuRFSrquWavZPig/asG2oAFru99RI/7i2ozL8BLeejQ4XaylEST0Pwaf4rp utn9aWbyBxlCg35d6OUyhi8Vvs0N9zDZGcwYojElpLNd3fmopkwbpUHzRpcTQaP7 GhbZ0nnFAockE0e57FU88ZryYXl/pJ7T/Pi4TATjjvxyrMaMwhEiuqQBZVfGkrem dpzUSEr70xkBPgZRc7EOh1nfdnBudo9qyC0O6Jbf/pooMAl+ksQ= =cGRL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OhFeY88l6PmweeDH--