Re: copying lines from one .h to another with different copyrights

On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
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> Got diff? Hard to know without it...
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> But if it's just interface info and the files are >~200 lines, I'd just copy.
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> If there are comments, or the files are small, copy the copyright/license too.
I've attached the diff. The file it is taken out of is 305 lines long.

rick

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> Warner
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> On Fri, Aug 1, 2025, 12:53 PM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I am working on a patch to fix the kgssapi so that it
>> works for MIT's Kerberos.
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>> I have copied about 20lines from the MIT .h file in
>> /usr/include/gssapi/gssapi_krb5.h to /usr/src/sys/kgssapi/gssapi.h.
>> (The kernel one is a small subset that the kernel code needs.)
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>> My question is...
>> Since the two .h files have different copyright notices, do I need
>> to copy the copyright notice into /usr/src/sys/kgssapi/gssapi.h?
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>> Thanks for any info (amateur lawyers welcome to comment), rick
>>