svn commit: r361775 - in head/sys: dts/arm64/overlays modules/dtb/rpi

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 6:54 AM Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > On 03/06/2020 19:59, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:
> > > > Rodney W. Grimes (freebsd at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) wrote:
> > > >> [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ]
> > > >>> Author: gonzo
> > > >>> Date: Wed Jun  3 22:18:15 2020
> > > >>> New Revision: 361775
> > > >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/361775
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Log:
> > > >>>    Add spigen overlay for Raspberry Pi 4
> > > >>>
> > > >>>    Submitted by:  gergely.czuczy at harmless.hu
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Added:
> > > >>>    head/sys/dts/arm64/overlays/spigen-rpi4.dtso   (contents, props
> > changed)
> > > >>> Modified:
> > > >>>    head/sys/modules/dtb/rpi/Makefile
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Added: head/sys/dts/arm64/overlays/spigen-rpi4.dtso
> > > >>>
> > ==============================================================================
> > > >>> --- /dev/null     00:00:00 1970   (empty, because file is newly
> > added)
> > > >>> +++ head/sys/dts/arm64/overlays/spigen-rpi4.dtso  Wed Jun  3
> > 22:18:15 2020        (r361775)
> > > >>> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
> > > >>> +/* $FreeBSD$ */
> > > >> This file needs some form of copyright/license.
> > > > Whom should I put as a copyright folder, The FreeBSD Project or the
> > > > person who submitted the patch?
> > >
> > > The person that submitted the patch.
> > >
> > > Note that the FreeBSD Project is not an entity and cannot hold
> > > copyrights (The Foundation can but unless they sponsored it, that
> > > usually involves paperwork).
> >
> > I am glad at least one other person understands that point in law:
> >
> > :root {1002}# find . -type f | xargs grep Copyright | grep -i freebsd |
> > grep -i project
> > ./cddl/compat/opensolaris/kern/opensolaris_dtrace.c: * Copyright 2014 The
> > FreeBSD Project.
> > ./net/if_enc.h: * Copyright (c) 2008 The FreeBSD Project.
> > ./net/if_enc.c: * Copyright (c) 2006 The FreeBSD Project.
> > ./kern/kern_idle.c: * Copyright (C) 2000-2004 The FreeBSD Project. All
> > rights reserved.
> 
> ./kern/subr_kdb.c: * Copyright (c) 2004 The FreeBSD Project
> >
> 
> These should be changed to the actual author.
> 
> 
> > ./conf/newvers.sh:      year=$(sed -Ee '/^Copyright .* The FreeBSD
> > Project/!d;s/^.*1992-([0-9]*) .*$/\1/g' ${SYSDIR}/../COPYRIGHT)
> > ./conf/newvers.sh: * Copyright (c) 1992-$year The FreeBSD Project.
> > ./sys/copyright.h: * Copyright (C) 1992-2018 The FreeBSD Project. All
> > rights reserved.
> > ./sys/copyright.h:      "Copyright (c) 1992-2019 The FreeBSD Project.\n"
> > ^^^  The copyright we spit out on every boot :-(
> >
> 
> These four are fine. They were cleared by lawyers long ago. This is a point
> that was extensively litigated during your absence and has been settled

There was a lawsuit?  

Cleared by which lawyers, you have some documentation of opinion?

> practice for a long, long time. Those four instances and /COPYRIGHT are the
> only places in the tree we should have this, however.

One can operate outside the law... until one gets caught.  As can be
seen just having this copyright statement in the tree has lead to others
to copy it thinking it was ok, and those "tending the house" did not
catch it.

> 
> ./compat/linux/linux_uid16.c: * Copyright (c) 2001  The FreeBSD Project
> > ./tools/embed_mfs.sh:# Copyright (C) 2008 The FreeBSD Project. All rights
> > reserved.
> > ./dev/mfi/mfi_syspd.c: *            Copyright 1994-2009 The FreeBSD
> > Project.
> > ./dev/mfi/mfi_tbolt.c: *            Copyright 1994-2009 The FreeBSD
> > Project.
> > ./dev/chromebook_platform/chromebook_platform.c: * Copyright (c) 2016 The
> > FreeBSD Project.
> > ./dev/pccard/pccarddevs: * Copyright (c) 1999-2004 The FreeBSD Project.
> > ./dev/tdfx/tdfx_linux.c: * Copyright (c) 2006 The FreeBSD Project
> > ./powerpc/powerpc/uma_machdep.c: * Copyright (c) 2003 The FreeBSD Project
> > ./libkern/memset.c: * Copyright (C) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. All
> > rights reserved.
> >
> 
> These are also not fine and should be similarly changed.
> 
> It would be a great project for someone to do the svn diving and find who
> committed those files originally and correct it.
> 
> Warner
> > > Pedro.
> > --
> > Rod Grimes
> > rgrimes at freebsd.org
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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org