On 10/22/2013 02:12 AM, Jeremy Stanley wrote: > On 2013-10-22 01:45:13 +0800 (+0800), Thomas Goirand wrote: > [...] >> The main problem I was facing was that troveclient has a few files >> stating that HP was the sole copyright holder, when it clearly was >> not (since I have discussed a bit with some the dev team in >> Portland, IIRC some of them are from Rackspace...). > [...] >> So, for me, the clean and easy way to fix this problem is to have a >> simple copyright-holder.txt file, containing a list of company or >> individuals. It doesn't really mater if some entities forget to write >> themselves in. After all, that'd be their fault, no? > [...] > > I don't really see the difference here at all. You propose going > from... > > A) copyright claims in headers of files, which contributors > might forget to update > > ...to... > > B) copyright claims in one file, which contributors might also > forget to update > > I don't understand how adding a file full of duplicate information > to each project is going to solve your actual concern.
My idea was that in the case of B, it's more easy to fix/patch a single file than lots of them, and also that the existence of the file itself is an invitation for copyright holders to add themselves in, while a copyright header in a source code isn't that explicit. Though I can agree of course, that in both cases, contributors might forget to add themselves in... Thomas _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
