On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 05:56:56PM -0400, Garrett Rooney wrote: > If Sun or Covalent gives a damn about getting properly credited then > they can tell their committers to use their @themothership.com address > on the list.
When people gain commit, with emphasis on the word "people" there, we generally start refering to them by name only. As a meritocracy, we give credit to the individuals who write code or docs or whatever, and that's what names in CHANGES are really about. We don't give a crap who they work for, or if they change jobs, or e-mail addresses, the credit is personal to them. Acknowledging a copyright is a different thing IMO. Personal contributors can own their own copyright, or frequently, it may be owned by their employer. If a copyright owner wants the acknowledgement they are rightly entitled there is nothing we can do about it. Basic copyright law, and the ASL 2.0 4.c (which is how the work is licensed to us) definitely apply. It's a good idea that copyright owners get explicit notices if they want them, after all if someone wants to re-license that content, or if they suspect an infringement, they need to contact the primary copyright owner. We can choose to accept he patch with those terms, or to not accept it, but we absolutely cannot over-ride the copyright owners wishes. Of course, we can come up with a useful suggestion, hopefully acceptable to all. but it's worth noting that right now ASL 2.0 4.d basically suggests that the NOTICES file is the correct place for notices of this nature. -- Colm MacCárthaigh Public Key: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
