>From my previous discussions with lawyers on the topic, the third paragraph is unproblematic to remove. With resolutions of today's monitors and keyboards often having a page down key, keeping the second paragraph seems like a good compromise to stay friends with the legal experts and err on the safe side.
Stefan * ron minnich <[email protected]> [151021 05:41]: > Let me ask around. > > ron > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:20 PM Martin Roth <[email protected]> wrote: > > I haven't seen any disagreement that we get rid of the entire third > paragraph. > > Alex votes that we should get rid of the second paragraph of the > header as well, and what Ron posted SEEMS to support that we can, > although the wording in that license header might be different enough > that it doesn't apply to our case. > > Personally, I'm in favor of keeping the second paragraph. It looks to > me like the first paragraph just discusses distribution, not > liability. I don't really see any NEED to get rid of the second > paragraph. > > Are there any other thoughts either way on getting rid of the second > paragraph? > > Martin > > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Alex G. <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10/20/2015 10:54 AM, ron minnich wrote: > >> Eben Moglen, who ought to know, guided us on the release rules for the > >> Plan 9 GPL release. > >> > >> Here is what he told us could go in each file: > >> /* > >> * This file is part of the UCB release of Plan 9. It is subject to the > >> license > >> * terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory of this > >> * distribution and at > http://akaros.cs.berkeley.edu/files/Plan9License. > No > >> * part of the UCB release of Plan 9, including this file, may be > copied, > >> * modified, propagated, or distributed except according to the terms > >> contained > >> * in the LICENSE file. > >> */ > > > > +2 > > > >> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:30 AM Patrick Georgi <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Get (the right set of) lawyers to sign off on that. > > > > You were saying, Patrick? > > > > Alex > > > > -- > > coreboot mailing list: [email protected] > > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > > -- > coreboot mailing list: [email protected] > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
