<m...@adrianschmutzler.de> writes: > I frequently encounter files in the OpenWrt trunk (both Makefiles and files > included in images) that contain "generic" Copyright information like: > > # > # Copyright (C) 2014-2016 OpenWrt.org > # Copyright (C) 2016 LEDE-Project.org > # > > By "generic", I'm referring to the fact that this claims OpenWrt copyright > inside the OpenWrt projects code, which seems redundant to me.
IANAL, but you might want to consider https://reuse.software/faq/ > I wonder whether it would be appropriate to remove these "redundant" > Copyright/license comments. To me, it just looks like a waste of space > (in case of the board.d file actually space on the device) where it is > not really conveying any additional information. Well, personally I find it entertaining every time I find one of those inside some OEM firmware :-) Like the nice Marvell based Cisco SG250-08 switch I recently got: bjorn@miraculix:/tmp/_image_tesla_250_2.5.0.90.bin.extracted/_E0DE0.extracted/_90B6E0.extracted/cpio-root$ grep -r OpenWrt etc/init.d/ etc/init.d/sudo:# Copyright (C) 2014 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/ros-init:# Copyright (C) 2014 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/ros:# Copyright (C) 2014 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/php5-fastcgi:# Copyright (C) 2010-2011 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/nginx:# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/mtplap:# Copyright (C) 2009-2011 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/log:# Copyright (C) 2013 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/dnsmasq:# Copyright (C) 2007-2012 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/dnsmasq: local hostname="$(uci_get system @system[0] hostname OpenWrt)" etc/init.d/dbus:# Copyright (C) 2007-2011 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/boot:# Copyright (C) 2006-2011 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/avahi-daemon:# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org etc/init.d/aaaa:# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org This is an important reason to keep the Copyright text, even in files that go into the image IMHO. Bjørn (not even a member, but I can always provide an opinion on any subject anyway :-) _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel