[libvirt] [PATCH] xenconfig: Remove references to my name and email

[David Kiarie]

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 01:47:26PM +0300, David Kiarie wrote:
> > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:43 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 01:36:35PM +0300, David Kiarie wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:18 PM, David Kiarie <davidkiarie4 at gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:15 PM, David Kiarie <
> davidkiarie4 at gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé <
> > > berrange at redhat.com>
> > > > >> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 10:38:59AM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
> > > > >>> > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 08:51:01 +0100, Daniel Berrange wrote:
> > > > >>> > > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 09:14:29AM +0300, David Kiarie wrote:
> > > > >>> > > >
> > > > >>> > > > This is okay but this definitely wrong. And it does indeed
> > > sound
> > > > >>> wrong. And
> > > > >>> > > > it will always sound wrong.
> > > > >>> > > >
> > > > >>> > > > Being involved in a GSoC project is not about
> contributions.
> > > And
> > > > >>> also
> > > > >>> > > > considering the scale of our project(some of the code even
> > > never
> > > > >>> got
> > > > >>> > > > merged). There was a lot of research, design, planning,
> > > > >>> implementation,
> > > > >>> > > > review and finally the code got merged.
> > > > >>> > > >
> > > > >>> > > > I should at least be able to copyright the file. I mean,
> Jim
> > > was
> > > > >>> my mentor,
> > > > >>> > > > I did most of the work but his company copyright is right
> at
> > > the
> > > > >>> top of the
> > > > >>> > > > file - Does this sound okay to you ?
> > > > >>> > >
> > > > >>> > > You own copyright on any contributions you make, regardless
> of
> > > what
> > > > >>> any
> > > > >>> > > Copyright statement at the top of the file says. Just like
> the
> > > Author
> > > > >>> > > lines in file headers, these Copyright lines in source files
> are
> > > at
> > > > >>> best
> > > > >>> > > outdated and incomplete. Anyone who wishes to identify the
> > > copyright
> > > > >>> > > ownership has no choice but to look at the git history which
> > > records
> > > > >>> > > exactly who wrote what.
> > > > >>> >
> > > > >>> > Soo, can we also delete the "Copyright ..." lines from the top
> of
> > > the
> > > > >>> > license statement? That's a cleanup which I'll gladly do.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> No, you can not delete other people's Copyright lines - they are
> > > > >>> considered
> > > > >>> part of the license notice so can only be altered by the
> copyright
> > > > >>> holder.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> 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 ?
> > >
> > > 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 ?
>
> Depends on whether that company owns the copyright or not. Copyright is
> owned by the individual who creates the work, unless a contract of
> employment requires them to assign copyright to the company instead.
> So unless you did your GSoC work under such a contract with that
> company, it would be inappropriate to list them.


But, the individual who created the work was a cat.

Okay, I could copyright this on my name and cat email - does that sound
okay ?


>


> Regards,
> Daniel
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