Last modified: 2013-10-24 09:54:32 UTC
I guess we need a LICENSE file in repository root and a header in every file stating the license. I have no license preference, we should probably use the same one as mediawiki.
Asked Luis Villa what should we do. Waiting for reply.
I think it makes sense to: 1. Copy https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fcore.git/HEAD/COPYING into https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/qa%2Fbrowsertests (Please rename it LICENSE instead of COPYING - that's not traditional, but it is more clear.) 2. Create a CREDITS file; suggest that anyone who has made a significant contribution put their name/handle there. 3. Use a brief header, instead of the traditional full GPL header; something like: ---- This file is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the browsertests top-level directory of and at https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/qa%2Fbrowsertests/HEAD/LICENSE. No part of browsertests, including this file, may be copied, modified, propagated, or distributed except according to the terms contained in the LICENSE file. Copyright 2013 by the Mediawiki developers. See the CREDITS file in the browsertests top-level directory and at https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/qa%2Fbrowsertests/HEAD/CREDITS. ---- This approach will keep the headers smaller (particularly nice for something like this) and means there is less to update should we ever need to clarify something. FYI, these recommendations are mostly based on https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2012/ManagingCopyrightInformation.html (We should probably consider working in that direction across all new projects, but that's a long-term project - no hurry.) I'd love to make the patch myself, but I'm swamped for the next few weeks...
Luis, thanks for the quick reply! Feel free to make the change yourself when you have the time, but there is no rush. A few volunteers and employees are committing to the repository, somebody will make the change these days, now that we know what should be done.
Seems like a pretty straightforward task, so I can take this one on (but let me know if it should really be handled by a Wikimedia employee, which I am not!)
Jeff, feel free to add license information. Thanks! :)
List of contributors to the GitHub repo: https://github.com/wikimedia/qa-browsertests/graphs/contributors
Submitted a pull request with these changes: https://github.com/wikimedia/qa-browsertests/pull/10 For the record, I made most of the changes using Erik Osterman's "copyright-header" gem: https://github.com/osterman/copyright-header
Change 86355 had a related patch set uploaded by Yuvipanda: Adding new CREDITS and LICENSE files, and license headers to all files, per bug 49313. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/86355
Jeff, thanks for the commit! Luis, can you please take a quick look and let us know if this can be merged into master?
Change 86355 merged by Zfilipin: Adding new CREDITS and LICENSE files, and license headers to all files. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/86355
Luis, if anything should be fixed, please let us know.
