On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 12:49 PM Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 11:59 AM Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 7:41 AM Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > It makes sense to ensure that the solution actually solves the problem > > > before we simply implement it. > > > > > > If we really need such a file it would probably also make more sense > > > to have it auto-generated from git commit headers > > > > And how do you want to determine whether William's contributions are > > copyright Sony or now? Do you want to look up his timezone and check > > whether they were made during work hours? > > No, you look at the Copyright-owner header or whatever we want to call > it, and use that. Companies that care about labeling what they own > can take the time to properly document this.
I would prefer not to see copyright noise to git commit messages. If a manually maintained file will suffice, please don't over-complicate matters.
