Rick Hillegas wrote: > Jean T. Anderson wrote: > >> Jean T. Anderson wrote: >> >> >>> Daniel John Debrunner wrote: >>> >>>> Rick Hillegas wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> 3) Are there other unclear issues? >>>>> >> >> ... >> This point from DERBY-1377 is falling into the cracks: >> >> >> >>> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1377#action_12422783 says >>> this: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Copyright 1997, 2004 The Apache Software Foundation or its >>>> licensors, as applicable. >>>> >>>> Removing these might require the permission of the actual copyright >>>> holders, which might be a pain to track down as to who has copyright >>>> on each file (allowing multiple holders per file). The new ASF >>>> policy does allow copyright notices to be left in the header (but >>>> would prefer not to). >>> >>> Is there a resolution for this? >>> >> >> >> Dan, you expressed concern about handling of the "Copyright 1997, 2004 >> The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable." line. >> How do you think that should be handled? >> >> thanks, >> >> -jean >> >> > I'm afraid I don't understand the issue here. Is it one of the following: > > A) We don't know who the "licensors" are and are wondering if we have to > identify the licensors and ask their permission? > > B) The verbiage above implies a copyright claim by the individual > contributor (or the company which hired the contributor) and we are > wondering if we have to identify these contributors/companies and ask > their permission?
I think A) & B) are the same. Legally you cannot remove someone else's copyright notice without permission, though as far as I understand the law is weak on shared copright. I will ask legal-disucss, now I understand what I have to ask. Dan.
