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

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Hi David,

On 18 September 2017 at 10:40, David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

Thank you for applying these so quickly, and for the new release :-)

Sincerely,
Nicholas
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