From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4399138334 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:15:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8133DE08DC; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:15:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E136E08DC for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 56793335C8E for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:15:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E865D2DA for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:15:47 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1529239911.56399ad6e320831aadeb1cb62817f57e77e8ea1d.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] data/glep:master commit in: / X-VCS-Repository: data/glep X-VCS-Files: glep-0076.rst X-VCS-Directories: / X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: 56399ad6e320831aadeb1cb62817f57e77e8ea1d X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:15:47 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 976e69dc-4459-4fd0-b93b-54ef846ac819 X-Archives-Hash: dd3f3fd2dfdfcbf01ae771f7d6b517fc commit: 56399ad6e320831aadeb1cb62817f57e77e8ea1d Author: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> AuthorDate: Sun Jun 17 09:21:13 2018 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Sun Jun 17 12:51:51 2018 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=56399ad6 glep-0076: Update copyright attribution section. Consider input from mailing lists and IRC: - Require a license notice too. - Assets like images won't allow for a notice in the file (mrueg). - Don't rely on line counting, but state that the main copyright holder must be listed. Also some of the ideas of this section have been checked against GNU maintainer documentation: https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html glep-0076.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/glep-0076.rst b/glep-0076.rst index 6066019..c93ca04 100644 --- a/glep-0076.rst +++ b/glep-0076.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Type: Informational Status: Draft Version: 1 Created: 2013-04-23 -Last-Modified: 2018-06-10 +Last-Modified: 2018-06-17 Post-History: 2018-06-10 Content-Type: text/x-rst --- @@ -174,18 +174,23 @@ Source Development Labs, Inc. in 2005 under a CC-BY-SA-2.5 License. Copyright Attribution --------------------- -All files included in Gentoo projects must contain an appropriate -copyright notice, as defined by this policy. +All copyrightable files included in Gentoo projects must contain +appropriate copyright and license notices, as defined by this policy. +For files in textual format, these notices normally appear near the +top of the file. When technical limitations do not allow for text +notices in the file itself (e.g., for binary image file formats), +copyright and license can be stated in an accompanying text file in +the same directory. -A proper copyright notice appears near the top of the file, and reads:: +A proper copyright notice reads:: - Copyright YEARS LARGEST-CONTRIBUTOR [OTHER-CONTRIBUTORS] and others + Copyright YEARS MAIN-CONTRIBUTOR [OTHER-CONTRIBUTOR]... [and others] -The largest contributor is whatever entity owns copyright to some -portion of the largest number of lines in the file. Additional -contributors can be listed, but this is neither required nor -recommended. The "and others" text may be omitted if the explicitly -listed contributors hold copyright to the entire file. +It must list the main copyright holder, who is usually the original +author, or the contributor holding copyright to the largest portion +of the file. Additional copyright holders can be listed, but this is +normally not required. The "and others" text may be omitted if the +explicitly listed contributors hold copyright to the entire file. Anyone finding a file out of compliance should file a bug against the associated project/package providing as much information as possible. @@ -291,8 +296,8 @@ Acknowledgements Many people have participated in invaluable discussions on this GLEP. In particular, the authors would like to thank David Abbott, -Roy Bamford, Kristian Fiskerstrand, Andreas K. Hüttel, Matija Šuklje, -Matthew Thode, and Alec Warner for their input. +Roy Bamford, Kristian Fiskerstrand, Andreas K. Hüttel, Manuel Rüger, +Matija Šuklje, Matthew Thode, and Alec Warner for their input. References