Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Christof Petig copyright on include file,

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Christof Petig copyright on include file,
Date: 2006-03-09 15:41:10
Message-ID: 25270.1141918870@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 05:31:47PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> The only copyright holder should be PostgreSQL Global
>> Development Group.

> Err, to do that someone would need to collect copyright assignments (ie
> signed documents) from every single contributer, including people no
> longer associated with the project. That is something you can do if you
> start doing it when the project starts but it way too late for that
> now.

Not for copyrights in the name of people who are still around, which is
99% of the issue.

regards, tom lane

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