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From: Alexander Berntsen <bernalex@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: converting copyright/license information in OpenRC
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:43:45
Message-Id: 56714E5C.3030203@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: converting copyright/license information in OpenRC by William Hubbs
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4 I agree with Mike that this isn't kosher. It just isn't honest.
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6 On 15/12/15 20:37, William Hubbs wrote:
7 > Multiple entries are what I want to get away from; it is a
8 > nightmare to maintain, and the vcs shows far better than you or I
9 > ever could which code belongs to who (see git blame). That is what
10 > the site I linked talks about.
11 Using a VCS to track attribution is what's a nightmare. Using git
12 blame on a source file will usually just tell you who last reindented
13 the file for stylistic preference. Actually finding out something
14 worth knowing is a lot more work.
15 - --
16 Alexander
17 bernalex@g.o
18 https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander
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