Re: meson.build files are missing copyright/license headers

[Peter Maydell]

On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 14:58, Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 25/08/2020 11.53, Peter Maydell wrote:
> >  * decide what our plan is for 3rd-party code (libvixl, etc)
> >    [where any SPDX line we add will be lost again next time
> >    we resync our copy of the code]
>
> For things like libvixl, I wonder why this is not a git submodule instead?

Because we only take a few files from it, not the whole thing
(which is massive and includes an assembler and a simulator).

> >  * update existing files (I think the kernel folks probably
> >    have scripted stuff for the easy parts of this; multi-license
> >    files like fpu/softfloat.c likely need by-hand conversion)
>
> Yes. I think we have to be very careful here with old files - adding the
> tags is likely ok, but e.g. removing the boilerplate text in the various
> headers at the same time could be problematic (e.g. the MIT license says
> "... this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
> substantial portions of the Software")...

Presumably the kernel folks have been down this route before us...

thanks
-- PMM