Re: [PATCH v7 04/19] amd64: introduce hook for custom preload metadata parsers

On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 11:47:53 am Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On 24/12/13 16:47, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Thursday, December 19, 2013 1:54:41 pm Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/sys/xen/pv.h
> >> _at__at_ -0,0 +1,28 _at__at_
> >> +/*
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> >> + * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
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> >> + * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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> >> + *
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> >> + *
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> > 
> > One non-technical question.  This license statement doesn't actually say who the
> > copyright belongs to which seems problematic.  Would it be possible to use FreeBSD's
> > preferred 2-clause BSD license on this file?
> 
> I copied the license from sys/xen/hvm.h without realizing it was not the
> standard 2-clause BSD one, but I don't have any problem changing it
> (maybe we should also change hvm.h?) to match the license in pv.c.

The license in pv.c is perfect.  For hvm.h, if that could be changed to the
2-clause BSD license, that would also be great.  I'll leave that up you to
and Justin to determine if that change is ok to make.

-- 
John Baldwin