Gabriel Wicki <[email protected]> writes: > Hi again! > > We should consider cleaning up our codebase somewhat—at least to the > extent where it becomes clear (or can be clarified) for new contributors > where which part of code belongs. Our package modules seem (in some > places) especially unordered. Ordering them is not such a big issue, > but cleaning up the modules and retaining correct copyright lines is, > indeed. Since I couldn't find it documented and could not find a > satisfying answer through web searches I ask here: are these by-author > copyright lines really needed? For what jurisdiction and what are the > rules to include them? Should we delete them, when for example all > changes by a contributor C are overwritten over time by other > contributions and none of the original committer C are still in place? >
We could have a single line with “Copyright © The GNU Guix authors” and a list of authors in an author file. See <https://reuse.software/faq/#many-copyright-statements>. The REUSE FAQ is a very good resource for licensing information, its made by the FSFE. Good day, Noé > Are really the mentioned people the legal copyright holders? And is > writing these lines really the only and best way to ensure their rights? > > Apart from a possible cleanup effort, it is definitively worth > documenting how we handle the issues of ownership and copyright in our > reference manual. > > Best wishes > gabber
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