svn commit: r327368 - head/sbin/ccdconfig

Rodney W. Grimes freebsd at pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net
Sat Dec 30 15:11:34 UTC 2017


> Author: pfg
> Date: Sat Dec 30 00:22:47 2017
> New Revision: 327368
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327368
> 
> Log:
>   ccdconfig: Update licensing terms to match NetBSD.
>   
>   The code originated in NetBSD which has since removed Clauses 3 and 4.
>   
>   Approved by:	phk (concerning his own copyright)
>   Obtained from:	NetBSD (CVS ccdconfig.c 1.47, ccdconfig.8 1.24)

I am a bit on edge about these "license" changes that are occuring,
before what you had been doing was adding "SPDX" tags which are just
an advisory item, now your actually changing the text of licenses
and doing so without second or third eyes and in a way that for me
is a bit questionable.  

Part of the problem comes that if you go back and pull a licence change
from NetBSD that was done in 2000 and apply it to our code because it
was dervied from there your ignoring the fact that someone else may
of made changes between 2000 and today, and technically those changes
fall under the licence that was inplace when they made those changes.

Also the NetBSD license change may of been athorized directly, as in
this case here where you got direct permission from phk, and I have not
seen any notes about that in your prior commits.  Also note that if
someone authorized NetBSD to make a license change, that authorization
is NOT global in nature, it is for NetBSD to make that change, not
*BSD.

> Modified:
>   head/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8
>   head/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.c
> 
> Modified: head/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8	Sat Dec 30 00:20:49 2017	(r327367)
> +++ head/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8	Sat Dec 30 00:22:47 2017	(r327368)
> @@ -14,13 +14,6 @@
>  .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>  .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
>  .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
> -.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
> -.\"        This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
> -.\"        Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
> -.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
> -.\"    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
> -.\"    from this software without specific prior written permission.
>  .\"
>  .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
>  .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
> 
> Modified: head/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.c
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.c	Sat Dec 30 00:20:49 2017	(r327367)
> +++ head/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.c	Sat Dec 30 00:22:47 2017	(r327368)
> @@ -18,13 +18,6 @@
>   * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>   *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
>   *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> - * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
> - *    must display the following acknowledgement:
> - *        This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
> - *        Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
> - * 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
> - *    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
> - *    from this software without specific prior written permission.
>   *
>   * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
>   * ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
> 
> 

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org


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