Hi Manu,
Here's what I do, those are not "official" guidelines, of course,
so Jonas could comment on what I do as well...
Emmanuel Blot wrote:
Hi,
Is there a document that sums up how to specify the copyright notice
lines in Trac source code ?
...
I guess the first line would be
# Copyright (C) 2003-2006 Edgewall Software
Yep, as Edgewall Software is the founder and the "host" of the project,
I think it's normal that it retains copyright of the modification, even
if it's
not someone affiliated to Edgewall who does the change.
In the 2nd line, should I update the year as well (ie 2005 or 2006):
# Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Daniel Lundin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Keep it like it was: it's an indication that Daniel did work on that
during this period of time.
Then I think I should add something like
# Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Emmanuel Blot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Am I right ?
This would mean you contributed changes to that file in 2005 and 2006.
Then what about the author line ? Should we keep this line, which
seems to duplicate the (c) lines
Personally I add myself to the Author list whenever I feel I made a
significant
contribution to that file, and also when I understand the code enough to
be able
to maintain it.
The fact that you provide your e-mail address in that file effectively
enables
anyone having questions about that code to contact you directly.
-- Christian
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