Leif and Jordan, Would you mind putting together a specific proposal and perhaps some links to other projects that use the same approach?
I am happy to update the RFC to V3 to address this topic if we can close on it quickly. Thanks, Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Leif Lindholm [mailto:leif.lindh...@linaro.org] > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:59 AM > To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com> > Cc: Justen, Jordan L <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com>; edk2- > de...@lists.01.org > Subject: Re: [edk2] PATCH] Change EDK II to BSD+Patent > License > > Hi Mike, > > I see where Jordan is coming from here. > > It isn't just about losing the comment in > Contriutions.txt - there are > bits in the actual TianoCore Contribution Agreement that > cover the > same things as https://developercertificate.org/ (that > are not > explicitly called out elsewhere in the existing > Contributions.txt). > > Like Jordan says, we wouldn't be the first project that > use > Signed-off-by without specifying exactly what it means, > but I think > we're one of the ones that actually care quite a bit. > > I could live with us not resolving this at the same time > as the > license change, but I would prefer if we did... > > Best Regards, > > Leif > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 06:25:54PM +0000, Kinney, Michael > D wrote: > > Hi Jordan, > > > > No proposed changes to the Signed-off-by tags. If you > have > > a proposal, please provide an RFC or bring to the > monthly > > EDK II community meeting. > > > > This series is focused on the license change, the use > of SPDX > > identifiers, and removing the Contributed-under tag > from > > commit messages. > > > > I will update the V2 version of the patch series in to > make > > sure the content from Contributions.txt that is not > part of > > the TianoCore Contribution Agreement is added to > Readme.md. > > > > The RFC mentioned the need to update documentation. I > will > > send that out as a separate Wiki patch series for > review. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Mike > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Justen, Jordan L > > > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:04 AM > > > To: Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; > > > edk2-devel@lists.01.org > > > Subject: Re: [edk2] PATCH] Change EDK II to > BSD+Patent > > > License > > > > > > On 2019-03-13 10:54:22, Kinney, Michael D wrote: > > > > > > > > 84141eacac edk2: Remove Contributions.txt and > update > > > Readme.md > > > > > > I guess this removes the requirement for the > > > 'Contributed-under' tag > > > in commit messages? > > > > > > But, what about Signed-off-by? Is it desirable to > > > remove that > > > requirement? > > > > > > Relatedly, some open source projects have > standardized > > > on tying the > > > Signed-off-by to this text: > > > > > > https://developercertificate.org/ > > > > > > So, the contributor doesn't have to agree to give the > > > project the > > > contribution under the Contributed-under terms, but > > > they still > > > indicate that they believe that the project can use > the > > > code under the > > > project's indicated license. > > > > > > There is also other information in Contributions.txt > > > that appears to > > > have been deleted, rather than moved. I guess it is > > > mostly duplicated > > > on the wiki. That doesn't mean it's not a good idea > to > > > duplicate it in > > > the source tree, or at least provide a web-link. It > > > seems like the > > > first place devs might look for such information is > > > either the readme, > > > or Contributions.txt. > > > > > > Regarding the wiki, I guess it has to be updated > after > > > this change is > > > made. It might be good to add that to the bug so it > > > can't be closed > > > until that is fixed. > > > > > > How about updating BaseTools/Scripts/PatchCheck.py? > > > > > > -Jordan > > _______________________________________________ > > edk2-devel mailing list > > edk2-devel@lists.01.org > > https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
