[LTP] [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: Add Maintainer Patch Review Checklist

[Li Wang]

+Cc Alice Wang, who is a volunteer of the GNU lawyer team. I met her
several years ago in Beijing, not sure if I remember the email-address
correctly, so I just CC her in case she can read this and maybe help some
side.

Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz> wrote:

Hi!
> > Maybe:
> >
> > * license: the default license for new tests is GPL v2 or later, use
> >   GPL-2.0-or-later; the licence for test (e.g. GPL-2.0) should not
> change unless
> >   it's completely rewritten
> > * old copyrights should be kept unless test is completely rewritten
> >
> > BTW this is important, specially for DMCA from Wipro. Cyril, can you
> point some
> > test from Wipro which could be considered as "completely rewritten"?
>
> This is tricky topic and I'm not a lawyer, so I guess that we better
> consult one.
>
> I would expect that if you remove all the previous test code and start
> from a scratch the old copyrights would not apply, but again I'm not
> lawyer and I do not have in depth understanding of the copyright laws
> and treaties.
>
> --
> Cyril Hrubis
> chrubis@suse.cz
>
>

-- 
Regards,
Li Wang
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