| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Personal Copyright Notices |
| Date: | 2010-02-02 20:23:37 |
| Message-ID: | 937d27e11002021223s7321f017nde6936a449adbf12@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>> > Seems we either have to contact the author or rewrite the file.
>>
>> Why? Even if the text is removed, he will still own the copyright, as
>> is the case for any patch submitted because we don't have any form of
>> copyright assignment.
>
> True, but their names on these files is bound to confuse legal folks
> looking at the code. I got a private email about these copyrights last
> week from a _very_ large company, which is how they came to my
> attention.
I'm not saying we shouldn't remove the text, but there's no need to
rewrite the code.
--
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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