Re: Two copyright notices missing in 6.20?

[Alejandro Colomar <alx+linux-man@kernel.org>]

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Hi Michal,

> Date: 2026-11-03 08:10:52+0100
> From: Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com>
>
> Hi,
> 
> There's a typo (Linus / Linux) in the commit restoring Linus' notice:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?id=034b29a5f2686f647d12e75bf6da4bd30f97db0d

lol, Thanks!  Fixed.


Have a lovely day!
Alex

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> Michal
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> Michal Schorm
> Senior Software Engineer
> Databases Team
> Red Hat
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> On Tue, Nov 3, 2026 at 12:22 AM Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Carlos, Xavier,
> >
> > > Date: 2026-11-02 11:24:25-0500
> > > From: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
> > >
> > > Alejandro,
> > >
> > > I did a quick audit through 6.20 since we're looking to ship an update in Fedora.
> > >
> > > - Xavier Leroy — pthread_once.3
> >
> > Xavier asked me to remove his name from the pages when I told him about
> > picking the old pthread_*() pages from glibc and Debian.
> >
> >         commit 13151ec525a21101dabb2528784bf9a86b1280f4
> >         Author: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
> >         Date:   2023-10-03 16:57:29 +0200
> >
> >             pthread_*.3: Remove AUTHOR section; add copyright; adapt TH
> >
> >             Xavier asked that his name be removed from the AUTHOR section, and since
> >             we don't use that section in this project, we can just wipe it.
> >
> >             Add copyright notices to the pages, with Xavier as the original author,
> >             and me, who will maintain them from now on.  Xavier ACKed the
> >             Linux-man-pages-copyleft license.
> >
> >             Adapt the TH line:
> >
> >             -  Specify the date as (date).
> >             -  Specify the project name in the 4th arg.
> >             -  The first arg, the page name, must be the same as the file name.
> >
> >             Suggested-by: Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
> >             Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
> >
> > Here's a quote from an email from Xavier:
> >
> > | Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 11:40:12 +0200
> > | From: Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
> > | Message-ID: <CAH=h3gFakgz3xcH63h-5nO0L9LuSy2Xr5b2riwpJ1o4L3DzuRg@mail.gmail.com>
> > |
> > | To answer your question:
> > | - I don't think it's a good idea to take these man pages "as is" and drop
> > | them in the man-pages project, because they are probably obsolete and
> > | incomplete.
> > | - However, if you or others would like to use these man pages as a starting
> > | point for a comprehensive, up-to-date and maintained documentation for
> > | POSIX Threads functions in Linux, you're most welcome.
> > | - In both cases, I'd like my name and e-mail address to be removed from the
> > | man pages, as I no longer support them.
> >
> > And a follop-up email:
> >
> > | Date: Sun, 21 May 2023 19:29:19 +0200
> > | From: Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
> > | Message-ID: <CAH=h3gF3F-tOq6-zYKf63_JhR3tRZ9NFMiTpX2YEjhhjDGr7Hw@mail.gmail.com>
> > |
> > | I'm happy with the man-pages-copyleft  license.  If you need me to write a
> > | more formal message for the licensing of these pages, let me know.
> > |
> > | No other requests than 1- removing my name, and 2- updating the pages as
> > | much as you and others can.
> >
> > I'm not sure why I kept his name in the copyright notices back then.
> > I thought I had asked him about it, but I can't find that discussion.
> >
> > Anyway, I've CCed Xavier now.  Xavier, are you okay with your copyright
> > notices being transformed to a generic one that says this?:
> >
> >         Copyright, the authors of the Linux man-pages project
> >
> > > - Linus Torvalds — setreuid.2
> >
> > Seems a mistake.  Fixed now.  Thanks!
> >
> > > At the top level the following people have had their notices removed but I didn't
> > > see them acknowledge that removal on the mailing list, or in your final audit here:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/unavr5u2uynqfvj7iymgvsptq4k5s5b4ex7havl36zro4bbua4@fqpjhnsuu5ln/
> > >
> > > Should we add these back?
> > >
> > > I can only assume the Michael Kerrisk consented,
> >
> > He didn't.  We talked in person, and he asked his notices to be
> > restored, which I believe I did.
> >
> >         $ grep -rn Copyright.*Kerrisk | wc -l
> >         1224
> >
> > Did I miss any?
> >
> > > but I don't think you explicitly
> > > mentioned this in any email I read with a Message-id. Would you do so for the record?
> >
> >
> > Have a lovely night!
> > Alex
> >
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> > <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>
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