v01d commented on issue #128: URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/issues/128#issuecomment-691735273
We can only operate on the information we have. If authorship information was lost from CVS and SVN era (git author is Greg) and the header does not list anyone else than Greg, we can either "play safe" and leave the BSD header (we would respecting original authors license even if we don't know who it really was) or assume that without further information the original author cannot prove authorship either then we are safe to change to Apache. For these "unknown" cases, I don't see any other way. We just need to decide and then act. For other cases where there is indeed information I think we can script a header change based on various scenarios of git author/header author/author aliases where all have ICLAs. This change can be made to create one commit per file change and add the reason for the safety of the change to the commit message for traceability. Then, we can review each commit in a PR and decide if manual intervention is needed (throwing out unsafe changes, for example). ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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
