[libvirt] [PATCH] xenconfig: Remove references to my name and email
David Kiarie
davidkiarie4 at gmail.com
Wed May 9 11:51:23 UTC 2018
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:29 PM, David Kiarie <davidkiarie4 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:56 PM, John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> [...]
>>
>>
>> > > >> 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.
>
GSoC is just a totally wasted project since Carols left :-(
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>
>> 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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