Re: Gather Merge

On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 2:42 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Thomas Munro
>> <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Shouldn't this say just "(c) 2016, PostgreSQL Global Development
>>> Group"? Are we supposed to be blaming the University of California
>>> for new files?
>
>> If the new file contains a portion of code from this age, yes.
>
> My habit has been to include the whole old copyright if there's anything
> at all in the new file that could be considered to be copy-and-paste from
> an existing file. Frequently it's a gray area.

Thanks. I see that it's warranted in this case, as code is recycled
from MergeAppend.

> Legally, I doubt anyone cares much. Morally, I see it as paying due
> respect to those who came before us in this project.

+1

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