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Re: documentation on copyright headers?
From: |
Maxim Cournoyer |
Subject: |
Re: documentation on copyright headers? |
Date: |
Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:09:29 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Hi,
Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:
> 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.
I think it should be avoided as well, the long list of copyrights are
already a bit messy to maintain across trees :-).
info '(maintain) Legally Significant' offers as advice that changes of
15 lines or less or not legally significant for copyright.
--
Thanks,
Maxim