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commit c6fadff4ab05f569eb7ddcc8762942e758fd15ee
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Feb 28 22:17:28 2026 -0600
HACKING: Make further clarifications.
---
HACKING | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 8db66f855..54a6a3f37 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ Background
purposes (in the United States) for around 50 years as of 2026.
Removing a party's name from a copyright notice (as might happen
consequent to code deletion or wholesale rewriting of documentation)
- is not a challenge or insult to that person or organization, and does
- not deprive them of legitimate legal rights, when and where doing so
- _makes the copyright notice more accurate_.
+ is not a challenge or insult to an affected person or organization,
+ and does not deprive them of legitimate legal rights, when and where
+ doing so _makes the copyright notice more accurate_.
Software developers relying upon copyright protection are responsible
for maintaining accurate copyright notices. In the U.S., making a
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ What To Do
(2) recording, in the corresponding commit log message, the robotic
procedure that produced the change.
+ If a change contains what would otherwise be legally significant
+ original expression that gets "swamped" by removal of other material--
+ falsely appearing to fall below the significance threshold using the
+ simple computation above--consider splitting the commit into two: one
+ that removes material and another that adds the new material.
+
Regarding "original expression", see section 308 of
<https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/chap300/
ch300-copyrightable-authorship.pdf>.
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