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[84.249.79.197]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h21sm8798770lfk.41.2018.11.24.22.53.20 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 24 Nov 2018 22:53:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: copyright attribution clarifications To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org References: <20181114024643.GA15537@linux1.home> <20181114174522.cab71989801dc2c155735326@gentoo.org> <20181114185302.875806d543d7da9d9162fc42@gentoo.org> <0ab206f1-4416-b35c-0f1b-85d5dd24c7c0@poindexter.ovh> <0082a107-c458-d9bd-0f38-9b3085f0a9d3@poindexter.ovh> <79c57d08-8b0b-ed86-33dd-30462ca1d72d@poindexter.ovh> <20181124174747.GA19308@linux1.home> <8ea407dd-9fe4-3623-0509-5315cc5d045b@poindexter.ovh> From: Joonas Niilola Message-ID: <8c0fc0c7-f50d-c2f0-27eb-0fbc866be3de@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 08:53:19 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-Archives-Salt: 1ce6f1cb-5327-44b5-a8a9-a783c1fe3e7d X-Archives-Hash: 1071610437505b0332ffcd4affcbbddb On 11/25/18 4:22 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 9:04 PM Sarah White wrote: >> On 11/24/18 8:37 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> >> So if it isn't meant to say that gentoo will be looking >> after the legal aspects of a FOSS/Libre-copyleft licensed >> package or document or tool, then what's the purpose to >> put gentoo's name on it? > You have to put somebody's name in the notice, and it was felt that > "Gentoo Authors" gets the job done. "Gentoo Authors" is not Gentoo. > They are the authors contributing to the ebuild. > >> There's some innuendo and/or implication that copyright >> holders who have their own name listed in a copyright >> notice are intending to do something other than participate >> in FOSS/Libre work, or perhaps may not truly wish to >> contribute in good faith. > Not at all. The issue is that accumulating names creates clutter, and > create some sense that people who are named are doing more than people > who aren't named, which may lead to more people wanting to be named. > > This is also why the policy allows for an AUTHORS file or use of a > VCS. The intent isn't to deny people credit. It is to provide credit > in a more reasonable manner vs having it spammed on the first lines of > every file in the tree, and try to create a culture where we don't > equate copyright notice with credit or property. > I've already patched repoman to add my name automatically on every ebuild that I commit, similarily to how it works with Foundation -> Authors now. I also intend to join amd64 & x86 stabilization teams. Then when I have my name on 10 000 ebuilds, I'm sure Google will hire me! :)