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[John A Meinel]

Erik Bågfors wrote:
> 2006/2/24, Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net>:
>> Lets talk about how the top of a source file should look, so we can all
>> agree that we've agreed :).
>>
> 
>> # Copyright (C) 2006 by Canonical Ltd
> 
> Should all source be copyright to Canonical, does that mean that if we
> have contributed anything, we have to sign copyright over?
> 
> /Erik

I would like to hear what Canonical has to say about this.

I realize it is easier if one entity owns all of the copyrights, not to
say people don't own their own work, just that more than one group can
have the right to copy. Having a unified group own everything means that
if there were ever a need to change the license (like the upcoming
possible move to GPL v3), it is nearly impossible without having a
unified group.

I suppose that might be one reason to keep Authors, though. Since it is
kind of a "and these people have rights to this code too."

John
=:->


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