On Sat, 2018-02-24 at 03:17 +0000, Sumit Gouthaman wrote: > Sorry, should have clarified in the description. > > This was after checking with the maintainer Steve Dickson (steved@red > hat.com), > who suggested we should send in a patch adding the license file. In order to do so, you would have to get the consent of the main copyright holders. The problem is that the Connectathon event rules themselves never contained a copyright assignment or license for the test suite contributions, and neither did anyone keep a clear record of who contributed what code. I therefore suspect that if you were to talk to your employer's legal department, they would strongly advise to let these particular sleeping dogs lie. > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:13 PM Trond Myklebust <trondmy@primarydata. > com> wrote: > > On Fri, 2018-02-23 at 17:07 -0800, Sumit Gouthaman wrote: > > > Adding a new LICENSE file with Apache 2.0 License. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sumit Gouthaman <sumitgt@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > LICENSE | 14 ++++++++++++++ > > > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > > create mode 100644 LICENSE > > > > > > diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE > > > new file mode 100644 > > > index 0000000..5e54891 > > > --- /dev/null > > > +++ b/LICENSE > > > @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ > > > +Copyright 2018, Connectathon NFS Testsuites Authors. > > > + > > > +Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > > > +you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > > > +You may obtain a copy of the License at > > > + > > > + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > > + > > > +Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, > > software > > > +distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" > > BASIS, > > > +WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or > > > implied. > > > +See the License for the specific language governing permissions > > and > > > +limitations under the License. > > > + > > > > Exactly what claim are you asserting that might give you the right > > to > > slap a license on it? Unless you are claiming to be the main > > author, > > then you I can't see that have any right whatsoever to submit this > > patch. > > > > -- > > Trond Myklebust > > Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData > > trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{��w��� jg��� �����ݢj����G���� ���j:+v���w�m������w�������h�����٥
