HI, > I tend to agree with the way Linux does things. Kconfig files require manual > effort to generate and maintain and are a work that should be protected. > defconfig files, on the other hand, are auto-generated and you want people to > be free to use them.
In general copyright doesn’t apply to Auto-generated files. You will note however that the ASF header doesn’t include a copyright line. See [1]. Also as I explained before the is ASF policy [2] which goes further than what is just legally required. Thanks, Justin 1. https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions 2. https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-nonasf