Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:45:12 +0100
> 
> > You should always commit with --author set to the author's name.  The
> > attribution should be as accurate as possible, regardless of whether
> > the contribution is legally significant.
> 
> Ok, we did not do that in the past, most likely because we were careless
> and also we could not imagine  that one day mathwork would renounce its
> copyright.
> 
> The question is should I «rewrite» the repository changing commits and
> trying to add the name of the authors before it will, hopefully one day
> enter ELPA?

I wouldn't recommend that.  If the real authors are mentioned in the
commit log messages, it's enough, I think.