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On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 10:29:35PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@g.o> wrote: |
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> > True, but removing a copyright line doesn't change the real copyright of |
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> > a file, although it is generally considered something that you really |
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> > should not do at all (see your local copyright laws/rules for details.) |
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> Agreed that removing the line does not change the actual copyright of |
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> the file, well, aside from anything new you stick on that line. |
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> I'm not convinced that it is something you can't do if you're |
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> explicitly given permission to do so by the copyright holder. |
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Talk to a lawyer if you disagree with this. The area of copyright law, |
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and software, is very well defined (with one exception of the "major |
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change to add your copyright, and even then, there's an agreed apon |
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standard to follow). Because of that, I disagree that you think this is |
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something that is unknown at all. |
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But I'm not going to be able to change your mind :) Please get the |
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Foundation to write up the rules apon which Gentoo developers need to |
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handle the copyright mark, so that there's no disagreement as to what to |
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do, in any type of situation. |
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thanks, |
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greg k-h |