Policy for applying copyright notices

[Doron Fediuck]

On Monday 24 October 2011 21:25:48 Karsten Wade wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 08:23:05PM +0200, Doron Fediuck wrote:
> > > 
> > WRT to omitting the person name (from past experience...),
> > After a year or so people change positions / work places, and this
> > becomes simply an old memory, with the relevant person not longer
> > available to answer questions, so this is missing the point.
> 
> Actually, what you describe is exactly why it works well in open
> source projects. You often _can_ reach people after they are no longer
> involved, and often they'll be glad to answer questions, etc. Because
> it's not secret-employer-code, people are much more willing and able
> to be a brief mentor or answer some questions.
> 
> - Karsten
> 
Unfortunately my past experience is different.
Especially when author is someone at some.corp and does not
have that email anymore.
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