[Buildroot] [PATCH] snmppp: extract license text from source files

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Yann E. MORIN,

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 23:33:15 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:

> > The v3.cpp file is only 428 lines long, and weights 10260 bytes.
> > Comparatively, the GPLv2 text is 339 lines long for 18092 bytes, and
> > the GPLv3 text is 647 lines lon for 35147 bytes.
> > 
> > If you're really concerned about the file size used for the license of
> > snmppp, we could switch to use src/gauge.cpp instead of src/v3.cpp.
> > gauge.cpp is only 75 lines long, for 2804 bytes, and I'd say two thirds
> > of the file contents are license stuff.
> 
> It's not about the size of the file. It's just that I find it odd to use
> a source file as a license file.

If there's nothing better, then using a source file that carries a text
of the license is good enough to act as a license file, IMO.

Thomas
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