On 20/02/2023 20:20, Brian Inglis wrote:
Hi folks,
[Addressing to patches as that's where we'll fix it, and not a general
issue.]
Noticed that:
https://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-copyright-cygwin
"12.6. Who holds the copyright on the Cygwin source code?
Red Hat owns the copyright on the Cygwin source code. Red Hat requires
that copyright be assigned to Red Hat for non-trivial changes to Cygwin.
You must fill out a copyright transfer form if you are going to
contribute substantial changes to Cygwin."
Has that not been assigned to the project?
And also:
https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.what.copyright
"7.1. What are the copyrights?
7.1.
What are the copyrights?
Please see https://cygwin.com/licensing.html for more information about
Cygwin copyright and licensing."
->
"Cygwin™ Linking Exception
As a special exception, the copyright holders of the Cygwin library"
Is that the project?
Or does it belong to the authors individually and/or the project or the
"Cygwin authors" collectively?
Could we please be as current and explicit as possible in the FAQs once
current situation is clear and wording is agreed?
Thinking that Cygwin/X FAQ 12.6 should defer to Cygwin FAQ 7.1.
Yes.
12.3 and 12.6 should just be links to places where correct information
can be found.
Willing to submit FAQ patches ;^>
Please do so.
Note that the source for this FAQ is docbook in [1]
[1] https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/xorg-doc.git
