Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] xenconfig: Remove references to my name and email

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:56 PM, John Ferlan <jferlan(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > [...] > > > > > >> Suse copyright notice has been on this file since the day this > > file got > > > >> merged. To be honest, I did most of the original work so why > > should Suse > > > >> copyright appear here while me doesn't ? > > > >> > > > > > > > > Contrary to the fact that most libvirt developers work for a > > company, this > > > > was mostly independent work. > > > > > > > > > > And I totally don't have a problem with Suse copyrighting the file > > but why > > > can't I do the same ? > > > > Sooo... without GSOC and SUSE's support through their employee Jim > Fehlig would you have written that code on your own and tried to have it > included in libvirt? I would think SUSE has a stake in the written code > as their resource(s) were being used. Yes, they benefit from it, but so > did you as you can point to that code as being authored by you. > > I did this project in 2014 - to be honest, at the time, at least, most student were evaluated on merit.

> I don't think anyone is indicating you didn't write the code. Using a > pseudonym is not allowed as part of the project's policy. > > > You can have Copyright line on any file you made non-trivial > > contributions > > too. It is upto the person contributing patches to add Copyright > line if > > they wish to. The Suse copyright is there simply because their patch > > author chose to add it when they contributed to that file. > > > > > Or, would you rather I use the pseudonym 'Oneko Ltd' instead of > just > > > 'Oneko' ? > > > > Copyright lines need to use legal real names, or company name, not > > pseudonyms. > > > > > > In which case you mean that if I write a patch copyrighting these file > > on the company name 'Oneko and sons' you will merge that patch ? > > > > > > INAL, but altering a copyright after the fact to include a "new" company > name that was either not involved in the authorship of the code or not a > company at the time of authorship could result in legal issues. Does > SUSE decide/desire to release their copyright claim to the new company? > Does the new company stand to gain something by the copyright claim? > We don't have a new company here. We have an almost four year old cat. > > John >