[squeak-dev] License info in methods stamp

Giovanni Corriga giovanni at corriga.net
Tue Mar 25 11:09:51 UTC 2008


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?

	Giovanni



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