[squeak-dev] License info in methods stamp

giovanni giovanni at corriga.net
Tue Mar 25 19:12:50 UTC 2008


--- "Igor Stasenko" <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 

The it should be the changeset, shouldn't it?

        Giovanni



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