Re: SPDX-License-Identifier blurbs

[Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org>]

My tentative plan is to convert a directory at a time and to split larger directories (e.g. epan/dissectors) into 
chunks. I'm not sure we should convert 3800 files in one commit:

$ git pull
$ git grep -l 'This program is free software' | wc -l
    3812

On 11/10/17 1:04 PM, Jaap Keuter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe start off by checking other files, eg.the documentation files first.
> The dissectors are the easy targets.
>
> Thanks,,
> Jaap
>
> > On 10 Nov 2017, at 10:44, Darien Spencer <cusneud () mail com
> > <mailto:cusneud () mail com>> wrote:
> >
> > Since this patch was merged, should we start replacing (manually or
> > automaticly) the license info in other files such as dissectors?
> >  
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 08, 2017 at 6:09 PM
> > *From:* "Gerald Combs" <gerald () wireshark org <mailto:gerald () wireshark org>>
> > *To:* "Developer support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-dev () wireshark org
> > <mailto:wireshark-dev () wireshark org>>
> > *Subject:* [Wireshark-dev] SPDX-License-Identifier blurbs
> > Earlier today I gave a short talk about navigating Wireshark's source
> > code. One thing I mentioned is that we have quite a bit of boilerplate at
> > the top and bottom of most files, and in the past this has confused git
> > when copying and renaming files (for me, at least).
> >
> > I've uploaded a change at https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/24302/
> > which starts the process of replacing the GPLv2-or-later blurb at the top
> > of various files with "SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+". Is there any
> > reason we shouldn't go ahead with this?
>
>
>
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