Re: [coreboot] [RFC] Short license headers

[Anthony Martin]

David Hendricks  once said:
> IANAL, but from what I understand it's usually a good idea to avoid mucking
> with legalese as to avoid unintended consequences of how licenses are
> enforced, particularly with regard to international treaties pertaining to
> IP and copyrighted works.

The Go project uses short license headers so it must
have already been vetted by Google's team of lawyers.
> Also, there are a few distinct free software licenses used in coreboot so
> I'd hate to add to the confusion. Keeping the licenses in their canonical
> form and applying them to ever file ensures that coreboot gets all the
> proper legal protections.

Here's an example of how code with a different license
is handled in the Go project:

https://code.google.com/p/go/source/browse/src/pkg/math/acosh.go

Cheers,
  Anthony