From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/9629 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: u-uy74@aetey.se Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: musl licensing Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:49:08 +0100 Message-ID: <20160316134908.GB13856@example.net> References: <20160315224126.GA5402@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <20160316103125.GB9862@port70.net> <20160316115527.335b1a45adadb1a8af6244c5@frign.de> <20160316123413.GC9862@port70.net> <4301.1458132364@CATHET.us> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1458136195 5931 80.91.229.3 (16 Mar 2016 13:49:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:49:55 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-9642-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Wed Mar 16 14:49:45 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1agBpX-0008QR-QT for gllmg-musl@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:49:43 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 14300 invoked by uid 550); 16 Mar 2016 13:49:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-ID: Original-Received: (qmail 14279 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2016 13:49:35 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=fripost.org; h= in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type:content-type :mime-version:references:message-id:subject:subject:from:from :date:date; s=20140703; t=1458136163; x=1459950564; bh=mOTaIqxSw osTajPXIgKyfeLWCYEkAHxsyBzX+HklVbA=; b=YptFkvW7Jo9gT2RSscDohUHi6 GFhoJi+sMH9Y2hGNBN+B7kJhdcbYBfeo/rPBKWFyGEXdN/eXkPgSajpE7IyJjZul /6GAymQXUdJKaontk618qU7N8Kj56Bcx1qKJyOjdmViJSz7kWcTiVljx/JlRc4IF 0IZIDvf8L6ZITqNuDg= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at fripost.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4301.1458132364@CATHET.us> Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:9629 Archived-At: On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 06:46:04AM -0600, Anthony J. Bentley wrote: > > it trains programmers to ignore source comments because they contain > > redundant legal gibberish instead of technically relevant content. > > A simple copyright statement that lists authors, dates and license terms > is absolutely technical relevant content. Then we may have differing ideas of what is "technical" :) Copyright law is a [legacy originating from the Britain's] censuring framework, which happens to be applied to software for no technical reason (does a copyright notice influence the functioning of the program?) but for various political ones. Rune