On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 3:39 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi! > > Just to make the scope a bit clearer. I just did some statistics on 5 > variants of disclaimers. That's not complete as it was just a quick and > dirty hack to gather the information. > > 1) The simple one Richard pointed out today (Rule 80) > > This program is licensed "as is" without any warranty of any kind, > whether express or implied. > > Files total: 592 > > Files without Copyright notice: 94 (needs git archaeology) > > Copyright holders: 177 > > At least two of the copyright holders have passed away and I just quick > checked a few weird company names and found 3 which have not left any > traces on Gurgle. Quite a few company names have gone through various > acquisitions .... This seems like a likely candidate then to add to the SPDX license list as its own identifier, there are a lot of parallels to the Linux_OpenIB. > > 2) The Alan Cox variant: > > Neither $NAME nor $CORP admit liability nor provide warranty for any of > this software. This material is * provided "AS-IS" and at no charge. > > Files total: 22 > > Names/Companies in the disclaimer: 7/5 > > Most of it is Alan Cox, but there are a few other names there as > well. No idea whether those people can still be reached. Two names sound > familiar enough though. > > > 3) The BSD style disclaimer (assumed to originate from TI/RidgeRun) > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED > WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF > MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN > NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, > INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT > NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF > USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON > ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT > (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF > THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > > Files total: 97 > > Files without Copyright notice: 10 (needs git archaeology) > > Copyright holders: 35 > > A mix of indivuduals and corporates > > IDT, AMD, ATecoM, Bosch, Lemote, Alchemy Semi, Montavista, TI, Nokia, > Toshiba, RidgeRun, PMC-Sierra, Embedded Edge, Accelent, Flaga Medical > Devices. > > Some of them have been through one or more acquisitons ... > > Many of the individuals are OpenWRT folks, but also names without a > proper trace. This one is a bit more ambiguous as to whether it warrants its own id or not. Can you send me the filepaths to the 10 files without copyright notices? > > > 4) The Samsung beast > > This program is provided "AS IS" and "WITH ALL FAULTS" and > without warranty of any kind. You are solely responsible for > determining the appropriateness of using and distributing > the program and assume all risks associated with your exercise > of rights with respect to the program, including but not limited > to infringement of third party rights, the risks and costs of > program errors, damage to or loss of data, programs or equipment, > and unavailability or interruption of operations. Under no > circumstances will the contributor of this Program be liable for > any damages of any kind arising from your use or distribution of > this program. > > > Files: 7 > > Copyright holders: 2 > > Samsung and a few files have a LF copyright as well > > Samsung has been cleaning up their files over the last year so this one > should be possible to get rid off. No idea whom to talk to though. Jilayne, do you have a current contact here? Otherwise, I can see if we can track one down through Shuah or Ibrahim. > > 5) The IBM magic one > > NO WARRANTY > THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR > CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT > LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, > MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Each Recipient is > solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using and > distributing the Program and assumes all risks associated with its > exercise of rights under this Agreement, including but not limited to > the risks and costs of program errors, damage to or loss of data, > programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption of operations. > > DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY > NEITHER RECIPIENT NOR ANY CONTRIBUTORS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY > DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL > DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND > ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR > TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE > USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED > HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES > > Files total: 56 > > The newest additon of that beast happened in 2012. Copy and paste are > your friend! > > Copyright holders: > > IBM, LSI, Applied Micro Circuits, Avago Technologies, > Microsemi Corporation, PMC-Sierra Inc., ATTO Technology Inc., > Adaptec Inc, Dell, 3ware, Suse > > Adaptec, PMC-Sierra, Microsemi are now 'Microchip Technology Inc' > > 3ware, Applied Micro are now MACOM Technology Solutions > > LSI, Avago are now Broadcom > > > We surely should be able to cleanup a few of these things (hopefuly the > Samsung one) in the foreseeable future, but the rest is going to be very > interesting and time consuming. > > I'm also not sure whether I catched all the fancy disclaimer variants, so > there is a good chance that the above 774 instances are just a fraction of > the total damage. Thanks for the useful summary and scoping the problem! Kate
