Re: documentation on copyright headers?

[Simon Tournier]

Hi,

On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 at 15:39, Wilko Meyer <w@wmeyer.eu> wrote:

> - why a copyright header has to be inserted
> - if a copyright header has to be inserted for all files that are
>   subject to changes (is there a treshold? can it be left out for minor
>   changes to files etc.?) of a sent patch.

As a rule of thumb, each time your change is non-trivial – say more than
5 modified or new lines in one specific file – it deserves a Copyright
header on that specific file.  Note that deleting only does not count,
i.e., Copyright does not apply

In the past, the project had been very permissive, where even 2 lines
only modifying the version and checksum fields lead to hold a Copyright
on such modification.  Now, it should be avoided, IMHO.

Cheers,
simon