On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:29 PM, David Kiarie <davidkiar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:56 PM, John Ferlan <jfer...@redhat.com> wrote: > >> [...] >> >> >> > > >> Suse copyright notice has been on this file since the day this >> > file got >> > > >> merged. To be honest, I did most of the original work so why >> > should Suse >> > > >> copyright appear here while me doesn't ? >> > > >> >> > > > >> > > > Contrary to the fact that most libvirt developers work for a >> > company, this >> > > > was mostly independent work. >> > > > >> > > >> > > And I totally don't have a problem with Suse copyrighting the file >> > but why >> > > can't I do the same ? >> > >> >> Sooo... without GSOC and SUSE's support through their employee Jim >> Fehlig would you have written that code on your own and tried to have it >> included in libvirt? I would think SUSE has a stake in the written code >> as their resource(s) were being used. Yes, they benefit from it, but so >> did you as you can point to that code as being authored by you. >> >> > I did this project in 2014 - to be honest, at the time, at least, most > student were evaluated on merit. > GSoC is just a totally wasted project since Carols left :-( > > >> I don't think anyone is indicating you didn't write the code. Using a >> pseudonym is not allowed as part of the project's policy. >> >> > You can have Copyright line on any file you made non-trivial >> > contributions >> > too. It is upto the person contributing patches to add Copyright >> line if >> > they wish to. The Suse copyright is there simply because their patch >> > author chose to add it when they contributed to that file. >> > >> > > Or, would you rather I use the pseudonym 'Oneko Ltd' instead of >> just >> > > 'Oneko' ? >> > >> > Copyright lines need to use legal real names, or company name, not >> > pseudonyms. >> > >> > >> > In which case you mean that if I write a patch copyrighting these file >> > on the company name 'Oneko and sons' you will merge that patch ? >> > >> > >> >> INAL, but altering a copyright after the fact to include a "new" company >> name that was either not involved in the authorship of the code or not a >> company at the time of authorship could result in legal issues. Does >> SUSE decide/desire to release their copyright claim to the new company? >> Does the new company stand to gain something by the copyright claim? >> > > We don't have a new company here. We have an almost four year old cat. > > >> >> John >> > >
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