Re: Copyright outdated? in Cygwin/X FAQ 12.6 and not addressed in Cygwin FAQ 7.1 link

[Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>]

On 20/02/2023 20:20, Brian Inglis wrote:
> Hi folks,
> [Addressing to patches as that's where we'll fix it, and not a general 
> issue.]
> 
> Noticed that:
> 
> https://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-copyright-cygwin
> 
> "12.6. Who holds the copyright on the Cygwin source code?
> 
> Red Hat owns the copyright on the Cygwin source code. Red Hat requires 
> that copyright be assigned to Red Hat for non-trivial changes to Cygwin. 
> You must fill out a copyright transfer form if you are going to 
> contribute substantial changes to Cygwin."
> 
> Has that not been assigned to the project?
> 
> And also:
> 
> https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.what.copyright
> 
> "7.1. What are the copyrights?
> 7.1.
> What are the copyrights?
> Please see https://cygwin.com/licensing.html for more information about 
> Cygwin copyright and licensing."
> 
> ->
> 
> "Cygwin™ Linking Exception
> As a special exception, the copyright holders of the Cygwin library"
> 
> Is that the project?
> 
> Or does it belong to the authors individually and/or the project or the 
> "Cygwin authors" collectively?
> 
> Could we please be as current and explicit as possible in the FAQs once 
> current situation is clear and wording is agreed?
> 
> Thinking that Cygwin/X FAQ 12.6 should defer to Cygwin FAQ 7.1.

Yes.

12.3 and 12.6 should just be links to places where correct information 
can be found.

> Willing to submit FAQ patches ;^>

Please do so.

Note that the source for this FAQ is docbook in [1]

[1] https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/xorg-doc.git