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Re: Licensing of modules for libposix
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: Licensing of modules for libposix |
Date: |
Wed, 04 May 2011 11:03:16 +0200 |
Reuben Thomas wrote:
> On 4 May 2011 09:43, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Very few people end up being listed as a gnulib module maintainer
>> if they are not also an author (aka patch contributor).
>>
>> To determine "authorship", you must look at the commit logs:
>>
>> $ git log --pretty=format:%aN lib/getgroups.c|sort |uniq -c
>> 2 Bruno Haible
>> 9 Eric Blake
>> 9 Jim Meyering
>> 7 Paul Eggert
>>
>> This suggests that you need to update most of your lists.
>
> Not so: only copyright-worthy patches count (as for assignment). So
You must inspect how the file has been modified over the years,
and use your judgment. If someone has made more than a couple of
non-trivial changes (i.e., not just copyright year updates),
then you might as well get their permission to relicense.
If in doubt -- and you want to take the time to create the minimal list --
read the actual diffs. Otherwise, just assume that everyone who has
committed a change must grant permission.
> the underlying problem appears to be that copyright holders are not
> listed in the file headers.
> Further, I've signed a copyright assignment for gnulib, so presumably
> it's all copyright the FSF, so why all the canvassing to relicense
> anyway?
Sometimes, an author will object.
> Can't someone speak for the FSF and relicense the code on its
> behalf?
Not as far as I know.
- Licensing of modules for libposix, Reuben Thomas, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Paul Eggert, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Jim Meyering, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Reuben Thomas, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Jim Meyering, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Reuben Thomas, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Reuben Thomas, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Gary V. Vaughan, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Karl Berry, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Gary V. Vaughan, 2011/05/05
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Paolo Bonzini, 2011/05/07
- Dual Licensing for Apple App Store Distibution [Was Re: Licensing of modules for libposix], Gary V. Vaughan, 2011/05/08
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Jim Meyering, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Reuben Thomas, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Jim Meyering, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Bruce Korb, 2011/05/04