On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 14:58, Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 25/08/2020 11.53, Peter Maydell wrote: > > * decide what our plan is for 3rd-party code (libvixl, etc) > > [where any SPDX line we add will be lost again next time > > we resync our copy of the code] > > For things like libvixl, I wonder why this is not a git submodule instead?
Because we only take a few files from it, not the whole thing (which is massive and includes an assembler and a simulator). > > * update existing files (I think the kernel folks probably > > have scripted stuff for the easy parts of this; multi-license > > files like fpu/softfloat.c likely need by-hand conversion) > > Yes. I think we have to be very careful here with old files - adding the > tags is likely ok, but e.g. removing the boilerplate text in the various > headers at the same time could be problematic (e.g. the MIT license says > "... this permission notice shall be included in all copies or > substantial portions of the Software")... Presumably the kernel folks have been down this route before us... thanks -- PMM
