[oi-dev] Copyright for contributors - not in files, OI branded zones, binary compatibility

[Adam Števko]

Garret,

but is legal for us to change that stuff in oi-userland? I personally don't see any reasons why I shouldn't, but I am not a lawyer, so I am asking as you two seem to know more than me..

Adam

On Jul 22, 2013, at 9:48 PM, Garrett D'Amore <garrett.damore at dey-sys.com> wrote:

> The prototypes follow this (the following is the file usr/src/prototypes/README in illumos-gate):
> 
> To ensure that everyone can use the same boilerplate text without triggering
> copyright ownership because of the boilerplate itself, I hereby place the
> following text in the public domain, which should be used to reference the
> CDDL version 1.0 for each new file introduced in illumos.
> 
>        - Garrett D'Amore
> 
> /*
> * This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
> * Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0.
> * You may only use this file in accordance with the terms version
> * 1.0 of the CDDL.
> *
> * A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this
> * source.  A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at
> * http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
> */
> 
> /*
> * Copyright 2012 <contributor>.  All rights reserved.
> */
> 
> 
> On Jul 22, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
> 
>> Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 07/22/13 09:19 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>>>> Well, the CDDL does not mention unmodifyable parts,
>>> 
>>> http://opensource.org/licenses/CDDL-1.0 section 3.3:
>>> 
>>>   You must include a notice in each of Your Modifications that identifies
>>>   You as the Contributor of the Modification. You may not remove or alter
>>>   any copyright, patent or trademark notices contained within the Covered
>>>   Software, or any notices of licensing or any descriptive text giving
>>>   attribution to any Contributor or the Initial Developer.
>> 
>> But this does not cover the CDDL template text...
>> 
>> ...anyway, this template text needs a change in any case as opensolaris.org is 
>> no longer existent. http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing does not reproduce 
>> the license text.
>> 
>> Jörg
>> 
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