* John Zolnowsky x69422/408-404-5064 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-15 10:35]: > > > Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:27:02 -0800 > > From: Stephen Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-15 09:54]: > > > > > > >* Peter Memishian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-14 22:28]: > > > >> It's tragic enough that /etc/nsswitch.conf has a 25 line > > > >> CDDL+copyright at the top. > > > > > > > > I asked Legal for a "shorter form" for configuration files (and files > > > > that go over the wire a lot, like CSS and XML for opensolaris.org). > > > > I'll start a new thread later today (-code) and we can examine the > > > > shorter block and its applicability. > > > > > > It's kinda strange they even need copyright headers. > > > > I'll reply to this one--it's short. > > > > Jim Carlson and others know the full story of the CDDL block > > insertion; I wasn't working on OpenSolaris then. I asked for the > > shorter block because I thought putting the block on the various web > > pages and supporting files on opensolaris.org was ridiculously > > wasteful of bandwidth. > > > > If you would like us to revisit the presence of any CDDL license block > > on specific files, that's a reasonable request. (Unfortunately, I > > don't think it's important enough for the I-team to tackle > > immediately, either technically or in terms of engaging a new Legal > > evaluation.) I would suggest filing bugs and assigning them to me, so > > we can at least track the worst cases. (Apologies for making that a > > Bugster-requiring operation.) > > Is there any requirement that the build retain the CDDL block for > configuration files? Just like compilation loses the copyright, > is there any reason that the build procedures can't sed out the CDDL > in configuration files?
I don't know, but I do know that getting an answer is building up to "engaging a new Legal evaluation". I'll make a note of the question, but let's build the list of files/bugs first. - Stephen -- Stephen Hahn, PhD Solaris Kernel Development, Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blogs.sun.com/sch/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
