Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:54:58 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> Cc: "freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: copyright notice question Message-ID: <CANCZdfp52eDdH1cb1n_bfuv6AV1X-qaHJD5sAGk=thPOXnXhxw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <YTBPR01MB3966BB2E3C721CE890DD614DDD1F0@YTBPR01MB3966.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> References: <YTBPR01MB3966BB2E3C721CE890DD614DDD1F0@YTBPR01MB3966.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 7:25 PM Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > I'll admit I've hesitated to ask this for a long time, but I guess I have > to;-) > I've created two daemons for NFS-over-TLS, using the code in > /usr/src/usr.sbin/gssd/gssd.c as a starting point. > --> As such, I left the copyright notice from this file on the two files. > (As you can see, it is a 2 clause FreeBSD one, so the terms aren't > an issue.) > > What I am wondering is if I should be adding my name to it as an > additional author or something like that? > (I don't care, but it does seem a little weird that the copyright is held > by Isilon Inc, since I have no connection to them.) > Likely. If you changed a substantial amount, then yes. The rule of thumb is >50% is no brainer yes. Smaller percentages require more nuanced judgement as to whether the changes are substantial enough to create a new work. Chances are quite good you fall into one of those categories. Also, if you have replaced more than ~90% chances are good no original work remains. Again, a judgement call. There are more technical legal guidelines, but that would require a lawyer. My hunch is that unless this is something far more trivial than I then I'd add the notice, but retaining the old. Warnet Here's what it currently says: > /*- > * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD > * > * Copyright (c) 2008 Isilon Inc http://www.isilon.com/ > * Authors: Doug Rabson <dfr@rabson.org> > * Developed with Red Inc: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> > * > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > * are met: > * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > * > * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND > * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE > * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR > PURPOSE > * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE > * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR > CONSEQUENTIAL > * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS > * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) > * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, > STRICT > * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY > WAY > * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > * SUCH DAMAGE. > */ > > Thanks for any comments, rick > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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