Re: Policy for applying copyright notices
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 01:41:04PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
On 10/18/2011 12:35 PM, Carl Trieloff wrote:
>
>I would like to add to the site some text around applying the copyright
>statement per the license text as per http://www.ovirt.org/about/licensing/
>
>In the piece at the top of the license, there is a section
>
>"Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]"
This will remain a recommendation, right? It would be difficult for
us to get approval to use something other than the IBM corporate
standard copyright notice (which does change every couple years).
It seems (C) comes in and out of style over time :-)
That line is actually from the appendix of the Apache License 2.0,
which gives a recommended copyright notice.
I'm sympathetic to the view that precise formal details of copyright
notices should not be mandated. At Red Hat, I think the "(C)" may have
been historically recommended, but I have non-actively promoted
non-use of it on principles of minimalism :-).
I think, however, that Carl was suggesting a rule that *some* suitable
form of copyright notice be placed by the author of an original file,
not mandating what the form would be.
- Richard
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
>
>Based on some discussion reading the source to be opened for the
>workshop, I believe we should use the following general rule for the
>projects. The author of the file applies his organization or themselves
>as the copyright owner, and then any additions / modifications can be
>determined from the GIT history.
>
>Maybe better I just create a guide for any incubating project, I'll post
>it for comment.
>
>Carl.
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