[Nfd-dev] License boilerplate for code imported from NFD to ndn-cxx

[Lan Wang (lanwang)]

I think it's best for Jiewen to explain what specific problems (questions, confusion) he had when importing the code.  If it's something that can be solved by "reading the license and license boilerplate", then there's no need for guidelines.  Otherwise, guidelines will be helpful.

Lan


On Oct 12, 2014, at 7:22 PM, Alex Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu<mailto:alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu>> wrote:

Junxiao,

Please, don't make an issue from a non-issue.  The license (and license boilerplate) is in itself instructions on how code can be used, re-used, and moved around.  There is noting special that needs to be added.

For the cases you're referring to.  This is the point of code review, when you noticed that boilerplate is not the one we usually use / incorrect copyright/license attribute.  There is no guidelines, rather you just need to tell what is the right way.  That's it.

Licenses are pretty simple to read (at least the boilerplate) and it is important for everybody to understand the limitations of the licenses.

---
Alex

On Oct 12, 2014, at 4:49 PM, Junxiao Shi <shijunxiao at email.arizona.edu<mailto:shijunxiao at email.arizona.edu>> wrote:

Hi Davide

Developers are not lawyers. License is to be interpreted by a lawyer. Requiring consulting a lawyer every time importing NFD code is counter-productive.
The guideline should be some mechanical steps that developers could easily follow.

Note the scope of this discussion is specifically for importing code from NFD, and probably NLSR and repo-ng.
I agree that importing code from an external project should involve consulting with a lawyer.

Yours, Junxiao

On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Davide Pesavento <davide.pesavento at lip6.fr<mailto:davide.pesavento at lip6.fr>> wrote:
Well then maybe the first rule should be: read (and understand) the
license of the code you're touching/using.

Best,
Davide

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jiewen Tan <alanwake at ucla.edu<mailto:alanwake at ucla.edu>>
> Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 11:53 PM
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am the owner. I do agree with Junxiao there should be a guideline,
> otherwise new people like me will be confused while importing codes.
>
> Regards,
> Jiewen Tan
>
> On Oct 11, 2014, at 11:09 PM, Junxiao Shi <shijunxiao at email.arizona.edu<mailto:shijunxiao at email.arizona.edu>>
> wrote:
>
> Dear folks
>
> There needs a guideline on how to write license boilerplate for code
> imported from NFD to ndn-cxx.
> The necessity of such a guideline is illustrated by
> http://gerrit.named-data.net/1254 where the Change Owner fails to produce a
> correct license boilerplate in 3 patchsets.
>
> Yours, Junxiao
>
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