[libvirt] [PATCH 0/1] update copyright notice

[David Kiarie]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 11:42 AM David Kiarie <davidkiarie4 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 11:09 AM Jiri Denemark <jdenemar at redhat.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 08:50:55 +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
>> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 21:44:34 +0300, David Kiarie wrote:
>> > > it looks sensible that the copyright notice on the affected files in
>> > > updated as in this patch so as to also cover another party who hugely
>> > > participated in writing the code.
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>> > I must point out that you specifically asked us to remove your name
>> > from the files:
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>> > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2018-May/msg00382.html
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>> > Which was fulfilled after the discussion in the thread above by:
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>> > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2018-May/msg00483.html
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as you can see, this request was fulfilled within minutes, mostly because
Daniel is bitter that i tried to use a pseudonym on the code but he
strangely has nothing to say to say this time round.


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>> > And now lives in the repo as:
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>> > commit d894e49292ae5135b6a9f44a634b5cfca4376f19
>> > Author: David Kiarie <davidkiarie4 at gmail.com>
>> > Date:   Tue May 8 15:40:00 2018 +0300
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>> >     xenconfig: remove my name and email from files
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>> > Did you change your mind?
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> yes, i will actually share the copyright, if possible.
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>> Moreover, you removed 'Author: Kiarie Kahurani' lines while you want to
>> add your name into a Copyright line now. Only SUSE was mentioned as the
>> copyright holder when you created the files. This makes me think you
>> might have contributed this as part of your contract with SUSE in which
>> case you are most likely not the copyright holder (even though you
>> didn't use a @suse.com email, but that's not rare some people just keep
>> using their personal email).
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> i did this as part of GSoC. there was no contract.
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> i think an email is personal enough that it shouldn't appear on copyright
> notice just like i can't have my phone number on the copyright declaration.
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>> Jirka
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