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From: "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Are "Copyright 1999-20xx Gentoo Foundation" headers bogus?
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:35:51
Message-Id: assp.0105fefe3f.1600542.GJZ23illTO@wlt
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Are "Copyright 1999-20xx Gentoo Foundation" headers bogus? by Rich Freeman
1 On Monday, October 24, 2016 7:28:45 PM EDT Rich Freeman wrote:
2 >
3 > Completely true, which is why devs aren't supposed to add ebuilds they
4 > don't hold copyright on without permission. A DCO would probably help
5 > with this, which is why that is generally considered a best practice.
6
7 I think it is ok if you credit original work with copyright statement and link
8 to source. More complex if ebuild development is ongoing. Less so if its a one
9 time add to tree and is maintained under Gentoo copyright from there.
10
11 That at least should address any legalities temporarily. Though not best long
12 term solution.
13
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15 William L. Thomson Jr.

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