Re: [egit-dev] Copyright in source headers

["Lay, Stefan" <stefan.lay@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I think we already tell people to add "and others" in the first section of
the paragraph:

	"Change it like this (notice the updated year):

	Copyright (C) 2010, YEAR Some Name <some@xxxxxxxxxxx> and others."


In the following, we only describe the case that there are already several
lines of copyright owners.
The reason for this is mentioned in the first line: "Please follow the
style that is already present in the file."

So maybe we should make it more clear that the first variant is the
preferred one.

Stefan



On 22.04.14 20:45, "Gunnar Wagenknecht" <gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>HI all,
>
>I think our contributor guide is not in line with the Eclipse IP team.
>https://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/Contributor_Guide#Copyright
>
>From http://www.eclipse.org/legal/copyrightandlicensenotice.php:
>Š If the content is subsequently modified and appended to by other
>copyright owners, the words "and others" are typically appended. [..] The
>words "and others" are used to avoid having to list every copyright owner
>[..] ...
>
>I also think it mixes up authors with copyright owners. Any objections if
>I change it to reduce the clutter and bring it inline with the
>suggestions of the foundation?
>
>-Gunnar
>
>
>-- 
>Gunnar Wagenknecht
>gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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