linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [trivial] Documentation: broken URL in libata

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Date:	Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:22:36 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>
CC:	trivial@...nel.org, lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [trivial] Documentation: broken URL in libata

On 02/13/2012 01:09 AM, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> Fix broken link to license text:
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt
> The text for version 1.1 of the Open Sofware license doesn't seem
> to be available anywhere on http://www.opensource.org/ any more.
> Replace it with a snapshot from the Internet Wayback Machine.

That's one option.
Too bad opensource.org doesn't provide archives.

OSL v1.1 is also available here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:OSL1.1

and here:
http://www.samurajdata.se/opensource/mirror/licenses/osl.php

Jeff, I don't suppose there is any chance of changing this file's license?
(since the Debian people found it to be a problem .. long ago)


> I first thought about hosting a copy of this file on my
> own website, but my website has less authority than
> an explicit backup of the original location.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@...e-electrons.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
> index cdd1bb9..bda33c1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
> @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
>     <para>
>     The contents of this file are subject to the Open
>     Software License version 1.1 that can be found at
> -   <ulink url="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt">http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt</ulink> and is included herein
> -   by reference.
> +   <ulink url="http://web.archive.org/web/20060924133258/http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt">http://web.archive.org/web/20060924133258/http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt</ulink>
> +   and is included herein by reference.
>     </para>
>  
>     <para>


-- 
~Randy
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