[squeak-dev] License info in methods stamp

Igor Stasenko siguctua at gmail.com
Tue Mar 25 13:21:38 UTC 2008


On 25/03/2008, Giovanni Corriga <giovanni at corriga.net> wrote:
> Matthew Fulmer ha scritto:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 06:40:48AM +0200, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>  >> A small changeset which adds a license info for each method.
>  >> http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=6993
>  >> Works in same way as user initials.
>  >>
>  >> I think it can be useful for future relicensing efforts.
>  >> With this simple patch, we will be able to easily find out, what
>  >> methods need attention.
>  >>
>  >> We can put strict limitation, that in squeak release, from now on,
>  >> only methods with stamp:
>  >> <initials> <license> <date> <time>
>  >>
>  >> accepted.
>  >> And only if <license> field is ==== 'MIT'.
>  >
>  > I think that's a great idea. I should bring this to the
>  > attention of the board. Currently, the board has issued a
>  > no-contributions-allowed policy until we can ensure that all
>  > further contributions are clearly licensed, and stop muddying
>  > the license issue even further. I think this is a perfect
>  > answer.
>  >
>
>
> Wouldn't it be better to place this information at the package level?
>

This change is mainly concerning changesets , when people submitting
fixes/extensions of separate methods in different packages.


>
>         Giovanni
>
>


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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko AKA sig.



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