Re: Removing in-source contribution records contributer

Carlos O'Donell
2025-05-09T13:15:01Z

On 5/9/25 9:05 AM, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> On 2025-05-09 08:54, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've added to BCC everyone whose copyright notices have been removed
>> (those that noted an email).  The full thread for this discussion can be
>> found here:
>> <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/jpin2dbnp5vpitnh7l4qmvkamzq3h3xljzsznrudgioox3nn72@57uybxbe3h4p/T/#u>
>>
>> Please let me know if it's okay to you to transform your copyright
>> notices to make them uniform?  That is, do you approve
>> <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?id=9f2986c34166085225bb5606ebfd4952054e1657>
>> in what affects you?
>
> I was not sure if I should reply to all (including the mailing list).
> Please clarify for others.
>
> This change is OK as far as I am concerned. I'm always happy to
> help lessen the maintenance burden. Eliminating redundant,
> copyright information appears to be a good way to it.
>
> The git history holds detailed information about the
> line-by-line modifications to each file anyway.

100% agree with Mathieu here.

This is OK for me and something we already did in glibc to lessen the
maintenance burden.

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Cheers,
Carlos.