On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 10:29:35PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Greg KH <gre...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > True, but removing a copyright line doesn't change the real copyright of > > a file, although it is generally considered something that you really > > should not do at all (see your local copyright laws/rules for details.) > > Agreed that removing the line does not change the actual copyright of > the file, well, aside from anything new you stick on that line. > > I'm not convinced that it is something you can't do if you're > explicitly given permission to do so by the copyright holder.
Talk to a lawyer if you disagree with this. The area of copyright law, and software, is very well defined (with one exception of the "major change to add your copyright, and even then, there's an agreed apon standard to follow). Because of that, I disagree that you think this is something that is unknown at all. But I'm not going to be able to change your mind :) Please get the Foundation to write up the rules apon which Gentoo developers need to handle the copyright mark, so that there's no disagreement as to what to do, in any type of situation. thanks, greg k-h
