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Use root LICENSE file #851

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Automatically attribute the root BSD license to allow test files without a copyright headers.

cc @bterlson @allenwb is this legally valid?

My motivation: I want to allow new test files without the copyright header.

Automatically attribute the root BSD license to allow test files without a copyright headers.
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I don't understand the motivation; why do you want to allow files without the copyright header?

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@anba filled me in on some motivation: Sometimes, attributing the organization is unnecessary/difficult, and there are many organizations (which all signed the CLA) that contributed to the code.

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I don't understand the motivation; why do you want to allow files without the copyright header?

I would like to simplify the files content. It's repetitive and avoid us fixing new licenses in PRs.

@anba filled me in on some motivation: Sometimes, attributing the organization is unnecessary/difficult, and there are many organizations (which all signed the CLA) that contributed to the code.

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@bterlson I need your approval, otherwise I can bring this to the next meeting.

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After the TC39 meeting, we decided to forward this to ECMA for proper verification. I'll keep it up to date as soon as I get further feedback.

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