Stephen Hahn wrote: > * Peter Memishian <peter.memishian at sun.com> [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. > > - Stephen > >
Can't we just put these files in the public domain? Asserting copyright on a configuration file seems a bit insane to me. I note that in stock Solaris, /etc/nsswitch.conf has no statement. Also, many configuration files cannot accept arbitrary content in them. Think /etc/passwd. I would argue that in cases like this no defining copyright statement is necessary. -- Garrett D'Amore, Principal Software Engineer Tadpole Computer / Computing Technologies Division, General Dynamics C4 Systems http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/ Phone: 951 325-2134 Fax: 951 325-2191
