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Re: [RFC] Add missing copyrights
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:04:07 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Add missing copyrights
- References: <20130611133800 dot GA4128 at domone dot kolej dot mff dot cuni dot cz> <Pine dot LNX dot 4 dot 64 dot 1306111928100 dot 897 at digraph dot polyomino dot org dot uk> <20130611200107 dot 34B552C058 at topped-with-meat dot com> <51B78716 dot 9090701 at redhat dot com>
> Would you not agree that when it comes to issues of copyright
> and licensing that the rules we apply should have as few
> exceptions as possible? Therefore "Add copyright headers to everything"
> just seems like a win with no lose? What did I miss?
Fair enough. But when we get to other exceptions, like things that need
special variants of the license text, then the notion that you are keeping
things simple and uniform breaks down.