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On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>> You cannot currently commit anything with a different copyright notice |
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>> to gentoo.git |
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> According to whom or what? |
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https://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/file-format/index.html |
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Under ebuild header. |
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This is a Gentoo policy. Repoman will complain if you violate this. |
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It will get noticed and treecleaned if you ignore repoman. Devs who |
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violate the policy will be warned, etc. |
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The policy could be changed, and there have been discussions around |
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improvements: |
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https://dev.gentoo.org/~rich0/copyrightpolicy.xml |
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The main issue I'm aware of with that draft is that it is painful to |
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track who has copyright on what to put the proper copyright notice on |
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each file. Suggestions are welcome. |
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Rich |
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