Hi Andries,

On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 02:08:11AM +0200, Andries E. Brouwer wrote:

I think you are too sloppy.

Anyone's welcome to send a patch if they have more time for that.  I'm
rather busy, and don't think this is priority #1.  It is important, I
don't say it's not; I've taken a long time to make the change, indeed;
I need a long time to partially revert it too.

Do you not recall the SCO saga?
There a big legal conflict arose over copyright ownership.
Something is still visible on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO–Linux_disputes
Maybe this ancient matter has still not been completely settled.

Copyright is a legal matter, not something where convenience plays a role.
In principle you need permission of everyone involved, and not only that,
but you must be able to prove in court that everyone did give this permission.
So one needs written permission.

I do have written permission from around a third of the contributors.
Of course, I'll ask Michael to reply in written too.

(And in what jurisdiction? Copyright details differ between countries.)
Some original copyright holders are no longer alive, and the rights
have been inherited.
Life is much easier if you regard those copyright sentences as fossils
carried over from earlier to later versions. And leave them verbatim.

Well, hopefully we can minimize the amount of fossils.  Which I've
achieved, as I managed to get written permission from about a third of
the contributors.  So, I'm happy about the results.  Even if some of
those fossil lines will be put back, I've removed a large part of them
forever.

Andries

Have a lovely day!
Alex

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