Hi Tom, I fully agree. I've tried to always do it correctly, but if you see that I did something wrong, then please contact me. So far I think I did everything well. On the other hand, I'll speak up if I'll see something wrong in others work, too. Everybody should do this, this is more serious than causing a P1 bug.
Regards, Thomas -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:11:00 -0400 > Von: "Tom Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: "ArgoUML Dev" <[email protected]> > Betreff: [argouml-dev] Copyrights, authorship attribution, and > respecting intellectual property rights > I was comparing two modules today where one had obviously been cloned > from the other and was surprised to find that the original author's > @author annotation and name had been removed and the copyright dates > adjusted to remove the original copyright date. DON'T DO THIS. > > If you edit something, you hold a copyright on the derivative work > that you've created, but the original author still holds their > copyright on the original version. It's very important for the > protection of our intellectual property that we know who worked on > what and when. Sometimes we can reconstruct the provenance from the > SVN logs, but with our 47 SVN repository scheme we lose the history > every time something gets moved from one repository to another, making > even this backup very fallable. > > Additionally, it's just bad manners to attempt to deprive someone of > the credit that they are due. > > Seriously folks, this is important stuff. Don't screw around with > things that potentially affect our intellectual property rights (or > the rights of others). > > Tom > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- GMX startet ShortView.de. Hier findest Du Leute mit Deinen Interessen! Jetzt dabei sein: http://www.shortview.de/[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
