Re: [PATCH 2/2] Remove misleading BCP 78 boilerplate

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On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 07:52:27PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> BCP 78 applies to RFC 6234, but sha224-256.c is Simplified BSD.
> 
> This causes the following lintian error when building on Debian and
> Debian derivatives:
> 
>     E: btrfs-progs source: license-problem-non-free-RFC-BCP78
>        tests/sha224-256.c
> 
> Please consult the following email from debian-legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> for more information:
> 
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2017/08/msg00004.html

Thanks, this looks like I've copied too much from the RFC and was not
aware of the BCP license issues. I believe the copyright notice(s) past
the line mentioning the filename(s) should be enough to satisfy the
licensing requirements and also the debian license checker.
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