When does a file need a license header? (was: Change in coreboot[master]: uio_usbdebug: User-space-i/o framework for usbdebug)
Dear coreboot folks, Am Donnerstag, den 16.01.2014, 15:56 +0100 schrieb gerrit code review: […]
Change subject: uio_usbdebug: User-space-i/o framework for usbdebug ......................................................................
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http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/4695/1/util/uio_usbdebug/device/device_util.c File util/uio_usbdebug/device/device_util.c:
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No header? No code?
http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/4695/1/util/uio_usbdebug/device/pci_device.c File util/uio_usbdebug/device/pci_device.c:
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No header? No code?
I always thought every manually created file in the repository should have license (header). I think that such a rule is not necessarily required but I am not a lawyer. The GPL notes [1] advise to do, but as written it seems not to be legally necessary [2]. So could you (Ron, Stefan?) please clarify what to do in coreboot’s case? Thanks, Paul [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html [2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3051651/open-source-licence-header-on-eac...
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Paul Menzel