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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-project <gentoo-project@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: copyright attribution clarifications
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 19:46:20
Message-Id: CAGfcS_nbxfoCx=TCM50xXFki_+s8PCd1no+kW5mEoGQzmiab2Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: copyright attribution clarifications by Sarah White
1 On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 2:21 PM Sarah White <kuzetsa@××××××××××.ovh> wrote:
2 >
3 > it comes down to, I think - does gentoo wish to own
4 > everything and hold copyright? that's much easier to
5 > accept if the contributors are under contract and are
6 > employed by gentoo.
7 >
8
9 Nobody is suggesting that multiple copyright owners shouldn't be
10 allowed. Merely that multiple copyright owners shouldn't be named in
11 the copyright notice.
12
13 A proper copyright notice must name one or more owners, but you don't
14 have to list all the owners in a proper notice, and you don't have to
15 be listed in a notice to own a copyright on something.
16
17 --
18 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: copyright attribution clarifications Sarah White <kuzetsa@××××××××××.ovh>