[libvirt] [PATCH] doc: clone+build instructions

Jim Meyering jim at meyering.net
Thu Jul 9 08:51:29 UTC 2009


Daniel Veillard wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 09:32:00AM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Daniel Veillard wrote:
>> >   A README in the top level directory exposing a GPL licence is
>> > an invitation to confusion. So no I stand by this, too bad if this means
>> > we need to rewrite the part instead of copying it.
>>
>> How about if I just remove the copyright notice from that new file
>> (README-hacking)?  Besides, then it'll be consistent with README,
>> which has none.
>
> Just fine by me :-) I assumed the copyright notice was there on purpose !

Pushed.

BTW, it was deliberate, in the original.  Nearly every file in coreutils
(even ChangeLog!) has some sort of copyright notice.  I toe the line
there, but sometimes it seems excessive.




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