[Libvirt-cim] [V3 PATCH 01/10] add source code of libbridge and libnl-3

[Daniel Veillard]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 09:45:47AM +0800, Wayne Xia wrote:
> 于 2012-1-13 7:16, Sharad Mishra 写道:
> >  <<  snip>>
> >
> >>diff --git a/libnetwork/libbridge/libbridge.h b/libnetwork/
> >>libbridge/libbridge.h
> >>new file mode 100644
> >>index 0000000..39964f2
> >>--- /dev/null
> >>+++ b/libnetwork/libbridge/libbridge.h
> >>@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
> >>+/*
> >>+ * Copyright (C) 2000 Lennert Buytenhek
> >
> >Are you using an existing code written by above author?
> >If it is a new code then use  -
> >
> codes in this patch are existing ones have no modification by me, I
> wonder whether moving source codes of these into libvirt-cim project
> is acceptable.

  In general that's not a good idea.
The problem is that if there is a security problem we need to fix the
original package and all the copies which were done in various projects.
Also such copied code tend to not be updated, makes it easier to bypass
APIs boundaries and becomes long term maintenance problems.
So unless said code is kind of confidential, i.e. not widely distributed
then that something to avoid really,

Daniel

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