[libvirt] [PATCH] xenconfig: Remove references to my name and email

[David Kiarie]

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:56 PM, John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com> wrote:

> [...]
>
>
> >     > >> Suse copyright notice has been on this file since the day this
> >     file got
> >     > >> merged. To be honest, I did most of the original work so why
> >     should Suse
> >     > >> copyright appear here while me doesn't ?
> >     > >>
> >     > >
> >     > > Contrary to the fact that most libvirt developers work for a
> >     company, this
> >     > > was mostly independent work.
> >     > >
> >     >
> >     > And I totally don't have a problem with Suse copyrighting the file
> >     but why
> >     > can't I do the same ?
> >
>
> Sooo... without GSOC and SUSE's support through their employee Jim
> Fehlig would you have written that code on your own and tried to have it
> included in libvirt? I would think SUSE has a stake in the written code
> as their resource(s) were being used. Yes, they benefit from it, but so
> did you as you can point to that code as being authored by you.
>
>
I did this project in 2014 - to be honest, at the time, at least, most
student were evaluated on merit.


> I don't think anyone is indicating you didn't write the code. Using a
> pseudonym is not allowed as part of the project's policy.
>
> >     You can have Copyright line on any file you made non-trivial
> >     contributions
> >     too. It is upto the person contributing patches to add Copyright
> line if
> >     they wish to. The Suse copyright is there simply because their patch
> >     author chose to add it when they contributed to that file.
> >
> >     > Or, would you rather I use the pseudonym 'Oneko Ltd'  instead of
> just
> >     > 'Oneko' ?
> >
> >     Copyright lines need to use legal real names, or company name, not
> >     pseudonyms.
> >
> >
> > In which case you mean that if I write a patch copyrighting these file
> > on the company name 'Oneko and sons'  you will merge that patch ?
> >
> >
>
> INAL, but altering a copyright after the fact to include a "new" company
> name that was either not involved in the authorship of the code or not a
> company at the time of authorship could result in legal issues. Does
> SUSE decide/desire to release their copyright claim to the new company?
> Does the new company stand to gain something by the copyright claim?
>

We don't have a new company here. We have an almost four year old cat.


>
> John
>
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