Re: Removing in-source contribution records contributer

Alejandro Colomar
2025-04-09T23:25:38Z

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Hi Carlos,

On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 05:15:21PM -0400, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> > > In strace, FWIW, we have the following:
> > > * the copyright notice looks like "Copyright (c) <year>-<year> The
> > > strace developers.";
> >
> > Hmmm, interesting. And actually, it's more accurate than the usual
> > copyright lines.
>
> The value of the line "Copyright (c) The Foo Developers" is to indicate
> that the works are copyrighted, and it avoids anyone who infringes from
> arguing they "didn't know." It is in itself not a copyright statement.

Hmmm.

> What value is there in maintaining the year?

A copyright notice requires the year AFAIK, although if this is not a
formal copyright statement, I guess we can remove it. That means
significantly less maintenance work, which is good.

> Note:
> Copyright Notices in Open Source Software Projects (Steve Winslow)
> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/copyright-notices-in-open-source-software-projects

Thanks for the link!

Have a lovely night!
Alex

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