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 5E58E3851C22 for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2021 11:56:03 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 5E58E3851C22 Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-486-nFjkd4qMPgqHWLC4oij5ug-1; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 07:56:00 -0400 X-MC-Unique: nFjkd4qMPgqHWLC4oij5ug-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9EE301084F55; Sun, 4 Jul 2021 11:55:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (ovpn-115-5.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.115.5]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F29FC5D9D5; Sun, 4 Jul 2021 11:55:52 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Paul Eggert Cc: Carlos O'Donell , DJ Delorie , "Dmitry V. Levin" , Bruno Haible , libc-alpha@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Seeking input from developers: glibc copyright assignment policy. References: <1b2ac4c8-0bbf-b7a7-8b05-03d5a71d46f4@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2021 13:55:51 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Paul Eggert's message of "Sat, 3 Jul 2021 17:40:45 -0700") Message-ID: <87eeceqomw.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, 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: Sun, 04 Jul 2021 11:56:06 -0000 * 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=20 > 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 =E2=80=9CCopyright The glibc Contributors=E2=80=9D. No year or year range, no individual names. Listin= g years is apparently not legally required, and naming individual authors is also optional. See: Copyright Notices in Open Source Software Projects=20 Today, we have some trouble removing =E2=80=9CContributed by=E2=80=9D lines= in cases where they may be no longer applicable. I don't think we should create more problems like that. Thanks, Florian