Oh dear, I'm befuddled. According to
http://www.apache.org/dev/apply-license.html (Applying the License to
New Software), a new java source should begin with a line granting the
copyright to ASF. The exact verbiage is:
Source files contributed to or developed as part of an ASF project
should begin with a copyright notice like
Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
or
Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
or
Copyright 2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
Just above that pile of words is a link to the boilerplate copyright
notice. Curiously, that boilerplate has a generic copyright line which
doesn't specify who owns the copyright although it publishes the code
under the Apache license. I'm getting mixed signals.
-Rick
Daniel John Debrunner wrote:
Rick Hillegas wrote:
For the record, Narayanan's java files now contain copyright notices
ceding ownership to Apache.
That's incorrect. The copyright is not assigned to the ASF, and there is
no requirement for it to be. The contributor maintains their copyright.
Dan.
