Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:48:43 -0800 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org Cc: "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org>, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, Matt Macy <mmacy@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r344487 - in head/sys: conf gnu/gcov Message-ID: <dd875d03-4e95-ebfd-f2fb-53239d48a1d3@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201902261733.x1QHXU0f046905@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <201902261733.x1QHXU0f046905@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On 2/26/19 9:33 AM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >> On 2/25/19 5:11 PM, K. Macy wrote: >>>> This commit needed more through review. >>> >>> How would this be achieved:? I had several people on the review and no >>> one had substantive feedback. >> >> As a developer it is your responsibility to be aware of the policies that >> we do document. One of the things in the license policy Brooks pointed you >> at is that adding new GPL code requires core@ sign off. This doesn't mean >> core@ will say know. It does mean that core@ has to make an explicit >> decision. >> >> (I know Brooks said he intended to update the policy, but in fact it >> already requires core@ sign off for any new code that isn't following >> one of the accepted licenses which are all BSD/MIT-style licenses.) > > In defense of K Macy here, the copy of this text in the publically > visible committers guide does not say that. Hence my earlier mail > about is this text planned as an update to what is in the committers > guide. Or can you point me to something in the public area that > points at this /internal/license.html file? Things on internal/ are "public" as far as developers are concerned. The title of https://www.freebsd.org/internal/policies.html is "Policies for FreeBSD Project Members" and references the committers guide as well as additional policies rather than the other way around. -- John Baldwin
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