On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 08:16 Mailing Lists <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Based on Shaun Ren's GH OpenBSD code > (https://github.com/shaunren/chrony) I have created a ports package/git > for Chrony 4.8. > > There are a few questions that came up. > > Regarding Chrony's source code: > > First off, the author - Shaun Ren - is for me just a name on a Github > profile, no email or anything else. On www.mail-archive.com there is a > Shaun Ren with entries from almost ten years ago on the linux-kernel > mailing list with a @linux.com address. I opened an issue on GH 10 days > ago informing him/her that I did create the port and asked a) if it is > ok and b) if yes, if Shaun would add the copyright to all the files that > where modified. > > What are the rules regarding the copyright of code and contact data > needed from a code owner? Shaun added a copyright to the file > sys_openbsd.c dating back to 2021 but not to now other file modified. The project's COPYING file declares the license of the project to be GPLv2: <https://github.com/shaunren/chrony/blob/openbsd/COPYING> While `sys_openbsd.c` has an added copyright, it didn't change or remove the GPLv2 license comment in that file: <https://github.com/shaunren/chrony/blob/openbsd/sys_openbsd.c> I'm no lawyer, but that doesn't appear to change the license and distributability. Morgan
