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

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:18 PM, David Kiarie <davidkiarie4(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:15 PM, David Kiarie <davidkiarie4(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 12:02 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 10:38:59AM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote: >>> > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 08:51:01 +0100, Daniel Berrange wrote: >>> > > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 09:14:29AM +0300, David Kiarie wrote: >>> > > > >>> > > > This is okay but this definitely wrong. And it does indeed sound >>> wrong. And >>> > > > it will always sound wrong. >>> > > > >>> > > > Being involved in a GSoC project is not about contributions. And >>> also >>> > > > considering the scale of our project(some of the code even never >>> got >>> > > > merged). There was a lot of research, design, planning, >>> implementation, >>> > > > review and finally the code got merged. >>> > > > >>> > > > I should at least be able to copyright the file. I mean, Jim was >>> my mentor, >>> > > > I did most of the work but his company copyright is right at the >>> top of the >>> > > > file - Does this sound okay to you ? >>> > > >>> > > You own copyright on any contributions you make, regardless of what >>> any >>> > > Copyright statement at the top of the file says. Just like the Author >>> > > lines in file headers, these Copyright lines in source files are at >>> best >>> > > outdated and incomplete. Anyone who wishes to identify the copyright >>> > > ownership has no choice but to look at the git history which records >>> > > exactly who wrote what. >>> > >>> > Soo, can we also delete the "Copyright ..." lines from the top of the >>> > license statement? That's a cleanup which I'll gladly do. >>> >>> No, you can not delete other people's Copyright lines - they are >>> considered >>> part of the license notice so can only be altered by the copyright >>> holder. >>> >> >> 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 ?

Or, would you rather I use the pseudonym 'Oneko Ltd' instead of just 'Oneko' ?