In source we typically do this: * Copyright (C) 2017 Leet Hacker <[email protected]>, * Copyright (C) 2017 KiCad Developers.
The user copy right is followed by the project copyright which is updated as the file is modified by other developers. It may also be a good idea to add the URL for the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license to the license text. On 6/28/2017 9:32 AM, Cheng Sheng wrote: > Good-to-know knowledge. Thanks for the education, Javier. > > So if I do some minor changes to some file with "Copyright John Smith > 2017" and since it is minor I don't even bother adding a second line > there, does it imply "I'm passing my copyright ownership to John Smith" > or actually the copyright holder of these few changed lines must be > looked up inside the VCS history? Then this copy-right line doesn't > fully tell the copyright holder of the file anyway? > > Regards, > Cheng > > On 28 June 2017 at 15:19, Javier Serrano > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > One more clarification: all files need a copyright notice which > precedes the license notice. So something like "Copyright John Smith > 2017" and then "This work is licensed under..." The reason is > simple: copyrightable works start their life as "all rights > reserved" by default. The only person who has the right to give > extra permissions (such as copying, modifying, etc.) in the form of > a license is the copyright holder. So I cannot take any file from > the Internet and add a license header to it. I need to be the > copyright holder for that file. And it makes sense that I clarify > that with a copyright statement before the licensing paragraph. > > Hope it makes sense! Cheers, > > Javier > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Javier Serrano > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Sorry, I forgot to answer this: > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Oliver Walters > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Wayne, Maciej, et al, > > This has been sitting in my //todo for a while. Can I get > some clarification on the LICENSE issue and then I will > ensure it is applied to the repos: > > Am I correct in my understanding that the following text is > ALL that is required (placed within a LICENSE file in each > repo)? > > "This work is licensed under the Creative Commons > CC-BY-SA 4.0 License. > To the extent that circuit schematics that use Licensed > Material can be > considered to be ‘Adapted Material’, then the copyright > holder waives > article 3.b of the license with respect to these > schematics." > > > Or is this an addendum required to be made and I am required > to include the entire CC-BY-SA text? > > > No need to copy the entire CC-BY-SA text. The reference to it in > the notice we propose is enough. > > Cheers, > > Javier > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
