[gcc r13-151] libstdc++: Update documentation about copyright and GPL notices in tests

Jonathan Wakely redi@gcc.gnu.org
Fri May 6 13:44:02 GMT 2022


https://gcc.gnu.org/g:e03a0a4d73a478928b26213363fa5dbb9fc8695f

commit r13-151-ge03a0a4d73a478928b26213363fa5dbb9fc8695f
Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 28 13:28:06 2022 +0100

    libstdc++: Update documentation about copyright and GPL notices in tests
    
    There is no need to require FSF copyright for tests that are just
    "self-evident" ways to check the API and behaviour of the library.
    This is consistent with tests for the compiler, which do not have
    copyright and licence notices either.
    
    libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
    
            * doc/xml/manual/test.xml: Remove requirement for copyright and
            GPL notice in tests.
            * doc/html/manual/test.html: Regenerate.

Diff:
---
 libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/test.html | 8 ++++++--
 libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/test.xml   | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/test.html b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/test.html
index ef56a305687..10ae4ed5e1b 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/test.html
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/test.html
@@ -371,8 +371,12 @@ cat 27_io/objects/char/3_xin.in | a.out</pre></dd><dt><span class="term"><code c
     directory and file name, given the organization as previously
     described.
    </p><p>
-    All files are copyright the FSF, and GPL'd: this is very
-    important.  The first copyright year should correspond to the date
+    Historically all test files were copyright the FSF, and GPL licensed.
+    We no longer require that, because most tests are uninteresting
+    and contain no "original authorship", and so would not be protected
+    by copyright anyway.
+    If you do want to add the FSF copyright notice and GPL licence text,
+    then the first copyright year should correspond to the date
     the file was checked in to version control. If a test is copied from
     an existing file it should retain the copyright years from the
     original file.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/test.xml b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/test.xml
index ee00b06e385..7bc6e339723 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/test.xml
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/test.xml
@@ -630,8 +630,12 @@ cat 27_io/objects/char/3_xin.in | a.out</programlisting>
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    All files are copyright the FSF, and GPL'd: this is very
-    important.  The first copyright year should correspond to the date
+    Historically all test files were copyright the FSF, and GPL licensed.
+    We no longer require that, because most tests are uninteresting
+    and contain no "original authorship", and so would not be protected
+    by copyright anyway.
+    If you do want to add the FSF copyright notice and GPL licence text,
+    then the first copyright year should correspond to the date
     the file was checked in to version control. If a test is copied from
     an existing file it should retain the copyright years from the
     original file.


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