Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 15:32:39 +0200 From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 119718 for review Message-ID: <20070514133239.GA97987@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070514133058.U24765@fledge.watson.org> References: <200705120849.l4C8ndlC079878@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070514112457.u8e1g9mgkkw8s080@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070514133058.U24765@fledge.watson.org>
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On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 01:36:01PM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2007, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > >Quoting Roman Divacky <rdivacky@FreeBSD.org> (from Sat, 12 May 2007 > >08:49:39 GMT): > > > >//depot/projects/soc2007/rdivacky/linux_futex/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_support.s#3 > >(text+ko) > >>==== > >> > >>@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ > >>/*- > >>- * Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. > >>+ * Copyright (c) 2007 The FreeBSD Project > >> * All rights reserved. > >> * > >> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > > > >Would you please do a forced commit to explain the reason for the license > >change? > > I've also replied to this e-mail privately, but since there seems to be a > common confusion regarding this, perhaps a public e-mail is desirable. In > recent years, we have expressed a strong preference against using "The > FreeBSD Project" as a pseudonym copyright holder for specific code > contributions. It does not constitute an assignment, so it doesn't allow > the FreeBSD Project (which is also not an incorporated entity) to change > the license, and it also masks the identity of the true copyright holder > (the author). As we know from the issue of adjusting licenses, which has > come up before, being able to easily identify the true copyright holder is > very important. If assignment is desired, then copyrights can be assigned > to the FreeBSD Foundation, but that requires real-world paperwork and so > needs to be coordinated with the Foundation. Finally, copyright law varies > by country, and many countries do not actually allow assignment of a > copyright, so caution should be applied in even assuming it can be done. yeah, yeah.. this is a WIP. I just submitted what I got from kib@, and we already "fixed" that issue. the "WIP" commit was just because I wanted to generate a new diff against -current
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