cvs commit: src/sys/sun4v/include asm.h src/sys/sun4v/sun4v hcall.S interrupt.S support.S t1_copy.S

[Kip Macy]

Tell whom? My engineering contact knows. Should I inform Sun legal? In my
experience, the legal department's number one concern is CYA, not Sun or the
community.

         -Kip

On 11/23/06, Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:39:25AM -0800, Kip Macy wrote:
> >
> > On 11/23/06, Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 02:25:16AM +0000, Kip Macy wrote:
> > >> kmacy       2006-11-23 02:25:16 UTC
> > >>
> > >>   FreeBSD src repository
> > >>
> > >>   Modified files:
> > >>     sys/sun4v/include    asm.h
> > >>     sys/sun4v/sun4v      hcall.S interrupt.S support.S t1_copy.S
> > >>   Log:
> > >>   In contrast to the non-obvious and flexible nature of the optimized
> > >>   bcopy in t1_copy.S (which shall retain its CDDL copyright, and thus
> > >>   likely be removed from GENERIC) I have removed the CDDL from
> hcall.S
> > >>   because there is zero flexibility in the implementation of
> > >>   hypercalls as they derive directly from the hypervisor interface
> > >>   which is not copyrighted (ironically the source for the hypervisor
> > >>   itself is BSD licensed).
> > >>
> > >>   It is best to start any bikeshed about this as soon as possible.
> > >
> > >OK, I'll bite.
> > >
> > >>   Discussed with: bsdimp
> > >
> > >And Sun?
>
> > Interfaces aren't copyrightable.
>
> I'm sure I agree, but it would be polite if nothing else to actually
> tell them rather than let them find out.
>
> Ceri
> --
> That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
>                                                   -- Moliere
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