commit: 56399ad6e320831aadeb1cb62817f57e77e8ea1d Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sun Jun 17 09:21:13 2018 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> 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
