From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA42938515FD for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 05:00:47 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org AA42938515FD Received: from mail-qv1-f71.google.com (mail-qv1-f71.google.com [209.85.219.71]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-118-TIBQQEa0Ngyf5pI9HjEYJg-1; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 01:00:45 -0400 X-MC-Unique: TIBQQEa0Ngyf5pI9HjEYJg-1 Received: by mail-qv1-f71.google.com with SMTP id q19-20020a0cf5d30000b02902c13b227095so385014qvm.3 for ; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:00:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:organization :message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to :content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rv93CqR3xe3/6XG9obksKpfv/YGHkUyBV0uO2ZRfsnM=; b=rbvA4x0NweGJSL5Fxl1Ck24gOTMraRgEoy98SMCAUtNNO/gQV5sVYJ7hLENshitW6E 2NNMLr/cifm5FerpLYvkts7F2/L69XWEBL6IJxQmvwEPEJefNi49sZh4bN9l1vUozTo6 akepeTz0YyfbkClwzU16uz24TyHwWP5pEmprDJjN2uHJJA8s254YuNicCRIPdnS1MSr7 YSnbR0ZfxuE6iGi9zKSRb2WZbMcWC96AvwEZ56/fnLfngSxo1ec/0VyzoLibXJxcQmKm g0v9tJjZoXw9IM9gjVjkwc7u2cD4u3skNYrEViQoi5e1zGtox9Ah4AGic1YiqL+DV5sZ 9X+w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532HHfnFW8EFdpodMDnTxwhhu/nO4YAvg7j0KpdzVSHtSQpzyks3 RjYVPkuljD+0r6pWT+SIi0EO2/Z2dEcKPqZCcCRny3lCWS+q810Tc5M3Kc5KHZf2/EaFk4fVN4X MhH+KPdnnJsIUbpnucJYAnQmw5JZBiQoE+u1xSqQ/IVCKMzvf7vijbEArJBKR1J7tZettBw== X-Received: by 2002:ae9:e907:: with SMTP id x7mr12434063qkf.446.1625461244898; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:00:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz94GcKT8d3L1Qs+RqSdnJuFJFGR/Dvug9M86bjPsiilUPG+mrfEtj5yatPFbbqUSgWoGKyQg== X-Received: by 2002:ae9:e907:: with SMTP id x7mr12434042qkf.446.1625461244713; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:00:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (198-84-214-74.cpe.teksavvy.com. [198.84.214.74]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h13sm4985832qkg.13.2021.07.04.22.00.43 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:00:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Seeking input from developers: glibc copyright assignment policy. To: Florian Weimer , Paul Eggert Cc: DJ Delorie , "Dmitry V. Levin" , Bruno Haible , libc-alpha@sourceware.org References: <1b2ac4c8-0bbf-b7a7-8b05-03d5a71d46f4@cs.ucla.edu> <87eeceqomw.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> From: Carlos O'Donell Organization: Red Hat Message-ID: <5adcc865-a2b4-3162-df29-2fb6f30cb4cc@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 01:00:42 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87eeceqomw.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, KAM_SHORT, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2021 05:00:48 -0000 On 7/4/21 7:55 AM, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Paul Eggert: > >> Following up on this, I propose that if DCO'ed contributions are >> accepted for a file, the file should contain a proper copyright notice >> listing the authors and the range of years that each >> contributed. E.g., the start of the file would look like this: >> >> /* Word-wrapping and line-truncating streams. >> Copyright (C) 1997-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Alejandro Davis. >> Copyright (C) 2022 Sharon Carter, Debra Lindsey. >> This file is part of the GNU C Library. >> >> The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it ... >> >> This issue shouldn't arise for Glibc files shared with Gnulib, as >> they'll still follow the current policy. > > I would prefer something along the lines “Copyright The glibc > Contributors”. No year or year range, no individual names. Listing > years is apparently not legally required, and naming individual authors > is also optional. See: > > Copyright Notices in Open Source Software Projects > The GCC SC suggestion is as follows: "The GNU Toolchain Authors" https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-June/236217.html All files that receive DCO'd material for the first time would add the following line: "Copyright The GNU Toolchain Authors" in the header comment. -- Cheers, Carlos.