Richard,
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019, Richard Fontana wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 8:39 AM Steve Winslow
> <swinslow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I'd suggest this might be a good example of one where we want to (1)
> > still add the SPDX tag, but (2) leave the existing notice text in
> > place and wrap it in something like a NOTICE_BEGIN / NOTICE END block.
> >
> > The specific reference to individual / entity, plus the non-standard
> > language about e.g. not admitting liability, makes me think that it's
> > better to leave this in place. I do think GPL-2.0-or-later is the
> > right tag but I'm inclined not to delete the notice altogether.
>
> I agree that the "Neither ... " paragraph should be kept in (I don't
> have an opinion on whether wrapping it in such a block is preferable).
The delimiter wrapping is useful in two aspects:
1) It's simpler for tools
2) It's trivial to grep for custom disclaimers without having knowledge
of potential keywords.
Thanks,
tglx
