patacongo commented on issue #128: URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/issues/128#issuecomment-683302367
My recollection is not 100% clear, but I am recalling that @justinmclean mentioned in very early phases of this project that there were some legacy changes that could be just grandfathered in without following the full IP clearance process. I understood that this was necessary for other large, established Incubator projects as well. If my understanding is correct, then I propose that we take get permission to "cut some corners" on the pre-GIT changes that have no author associated with the individual commits. In most cases, the author of those early changes will be noted as an author or copyright holder in the BSD license header. In fact, I think that is true of all significant early code contributions. I would propose that we only use the GIT author changes for any automated analysis. pre-GIT means pre-2014 so we are referring to very old changes. Resolution of any remaining issues in the license headers will have to be a largely manual process anyway. We will have to examine each BSD license header and resolve all authors and copyright claims anyway. So I think with my suggestion here, the job can be made doable and there will be no loss of authorship on any significant contributions. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
