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| author | Mark J. Nelson <Mark.J.Nelson@Oracle.COM> | 2010-08-02 16:37:22 -0600 |
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| committer | Mark J. Nelson <Mark.J.Nelson@Oracle.COM> | 2010-08-02 16:37:22 -0600 |
| commit | 5084e753b79a753c8b532c06eb3ad1d025e8e472 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a7792aca858a5f5f6e128cb86945b60d18680be /usr/src/README.license-files | |
| parent | b86b270c836df59ddb475186e3e649d300906882 (diff) | |
| download | illumos-joyent-5084e753b79a753c8b532c06eb3ad1d025e8e472.tar.gz | |
6929502 packages are missing some license files
6930656 license action improvements
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rename : usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.bin/pppdump/LICENSE.top.descrip => usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.bin/pppdump/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.descrip
rename : usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.sbin/in.routed/THIRDPARTYLICENSE => usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.sbin/in.routed/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.bsd
rename : usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.sbin/in.routed/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.descrip => usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.sbin/in.routed/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.bsd.descrip
rename : usr/src/pkg/license_files/lic_SUNWroute => usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.sbin/in.routed/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.freebsd
rename : usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.sbin/in.routed/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.descrip => usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/usr.sbin/in.routed/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.freebsd.descrip
rename : usr/src/pkg/license_files/lic_SUNWhwdata => usr/src/cmd/hwdata/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.pciids.tmpl
rename : usr/src/pkg/license_files/lic_GPLv2 => usr/src/cmd/powertop/common/COPYING
rename : usr/src/lib/librstp/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.descrip => usr/src/lib/librstp/common/COPYING.descrip
rename : usr/src/uts/common/io/e1000g/README => usr/src/uts/common/io/e1000g/THIRDPARTYLICENSE
rename : usr/src/pkg/license_files/lic_Emulex => usr/src/uts/common/io/fibre-channel/fca/emlxs/FIRMWARELICENSE
rename : usr/src/pkg/license_files/lic_Qlogic => usr/src/uts/common/io/fibre-channel/fca/qlc/FIRMWARELICENSE
rename : usr/src/uts/common/io/ib/clients/of/lic_of => usr/src/uts/common/io/ib/clients/of/THIRDPARTYLICENSE
rename : usr/src/uts/common/io/ib/clients/of/lic_of.descrip => usr/src/uts/common/io/ib/clients/of/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.descrip
rename : usr/src/pkg/license_files/cr_Intel.SUNWfipe => usr/src/uts/i86pc/io/fipe/THIRDPARTYLICENSE
Diffstat (limited to 'usr/src/README.license-files')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/src/README.license-files | 46 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/README.license-files b/usr/src/README.license-files index af8c9589e2..5939f6eeba 100644 --- a/usr/src/README.license-files +++ b/usr/src/README.license-files @@ -18,21 +18,25 @@ # # CDDL HEADER END # + # -# Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. -# Use is subject to license terms. +# Copyright (c) 2008, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. # OK, so you've got approval to integrate code, and you want to know how to properly communicate the license terms. What do you do next? -0. Determine whether your code should be covered by Sun copyright, - CDDL, and/or a third party license. If only Sun copyright and/or - CDDL, then skip to step 4. +0. Determine whether your code should be covered by Oracle copyright, + CDDL, and/or a third party license. If only Oracle copyright and/or + CDDL, then skip to step 3. 1. Scan the source code and extract all of the third party licenses into one or more separate files. + This information may be present in comments in source code, or may + already be provided as separate files. For example, GPL license + terms are often found in files named "COPYING." + A. In general, you'll name these files "THIRDPARTYLICENSE," and you'll put one in each source directory (i.e. one per library, or one per command, or one per kernel module.) @@ -52,21 +56,21 @@ properly communicate the license terms. What do you do next? EXAMPLE: usr/src/cmd/perl/Makefile - This approach is usually overkill. But if the third party license - will remain unchanged while the corresponding copyright will change - dates frequently, then this approach can work well, because you won't - need to update the license files manually. + If the corresponding copyright will change dates frequently, + then this approach can work well, because you won't need to + update the license files manually. + + If you do this, then your license file should be a dependency of + both the all and install targets, and should be removed via + clobber, usually by way of CLOBBERFILES. 2. Give each of the license files a corresponding ".descrip" file with - an extremely terse explanation of the contents. Something like - "MJN DRIVER" or "PORTIONS OF ARCANE FUNCTIONALITY" is sufficient. + a terse explanation of the contents. Something like "MJN DRIVER" + or "PORTIONS OF ARCANE FUNCTIONALITY" is sufficient. EXAMPLE: usr/src/cmd/refer/THIRDPARTYLICENSE.descrip -3. Edit usr/src/tools/opensolaris/license-list and add the full path - of your new license file(s). - -4. Figure out which packages deliver objects that are built using the +3. Figure out which packages deliver objects that are built using the new source, and add license actions to the package manifest(s). A. It's extremely rare for a package NOT to include a Sun copyright @@ -81,11 +85,13 @@ properly communicate the license terms. What do you do next? copyrights or licenses, you can use license license_in_headers license=license_in_headers - license path/to/most/common/copyright/file license=path/to/most/common/copyright/file - license path/to/most/common/license/file license=path/to/most/common/license/file + license path/to/most/common/copyright/file \ + license=path/to/most/common/copyright/file + license path/to/most/common/license/file \ + license=path/to/most/common/license/file C. For your new license files, the path you use in your license - actions should be relative to ${SRC}. + actions should be relative to ${CODEMGR_WS}. D. Empty packages: if your package delivers nothing (or, more strictly speaking, nothing besides directories) you should include the Sun @@ -94,3 +100,7 @@ properly communicate the license terms. What do you do next? E. As with any other action that is architecture dependent, license actions may be preceded by $(blah_ONLY), where "blah" corresponds to $(uname -p). + + If you don't add the appropriate license actions to package + manifests, then your license and description files will show up as + unreferenced in the build. |
