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Re: Personal Copyright Notices

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Personal Copyright Notices
Date: 2010-02-05 04:36:25
Message-ID: 201002050436.o154aPk04028@momjian.us (view raw or flat)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> The ISN copyright looks like this:
> 
> 	 * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Germ<E1>n M<E9>ndez Bravo (Kronuz)
> 	 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2010, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
> 
> Interestingly, he mentions himself and PGDG both in the copyright, which
> makese this less of an issue.  Looking at the ISN code, it appears he
> was the creator of the original file:
> 
> 	revision 1.1
> 	date: 2006/09/09 04:07:52;  author: tgl;  state: Exp;
> 	Add contrib/isn module for ISBN/ISSN/EAN13/etc product numbers, and
> 	remove the old isbn_issn module which is about to be obsoleted by EAN13.
> 	contrib/isn is by Germ<E1>n M<E9>ndez Bravo.  Our thanks to Garrett A.
> 	Wollman for having written the original isbn_issn module.
> 
> and he asked about his copyright mention as part of the patch
> discussion:
> 
> 	http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00794.php
> 
> I never saw the issue actually addressed and the copyright line was committed.
> Do people think it is acceptable?

I received email permission from German Mendez Bravo to just mention him
as the /contrib/isn author, and remove the "copyright" word.  Change
commited.

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