Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 12:46 PM Maxim Cournoyer > > <maxim.cournoyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl > >> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ > >> # Copyright 2002,2005 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx> > >> # Copyright 2005 Ryan Anderson <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> +# Copyright 2023 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Let's avoid this change, please. Many people have worked on this file > > over the years -- often making changes far more substantial than those > > made by this patch series -- who have not staked such a claim. > > I don't mind to drop this hunk if it's unwelcome/not current practice. In most open source projects the practice is that only the top one or two contributors are mentioned. > it's still enough of a change to be protected by copyright though, but > I don't mind too much. My understanding is that your work is protected by copyright laws regardless of whether or not a copyright notice exists. Not that it would matter much in practice though, because the cases where copyright matters in open source projects is very fringe. Cheers. -- Felipe Contreras
