Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 13:36:01 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@FreeBSD.org>, Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 119718 for review Message-ID: <20070514133058.U24765@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20070514112457.u8e1g9mgkkw8s080@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <200705120849.l4C8ndlC079878@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070514112457.u8e1g9mgkkw8s080@webmail.leidinger.net>
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On Mon, 14 May 2007, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Roman Divacky <rdivacky@FreeBSD.org> (from Sat, 12 May 2007 08:49:39 > GMT): > > //depot/projects/soc2007/rdivacky/linux_futex/sys/amd64/linux32/linux32_support.s#3 > (text+ko) >> ==== >> >> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ >> /*- >> - * Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. >> + * Copyright (c) 2007 The FreeBSD Project >> * All rights reserved. >> * >> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > > Would you please do a forced commit to explain the reason for the license > change? I've also replied to this e-mail privately, but since there seems to be a common confusion regarding this, perhaps a public e-mail is desirable. In recent years, we have expressed a strong preference against using "The FreeBSD Project" as a pseudonym copyright holder for specific code contributions. It does not constitute an assignment, so it doesn't allow the FreeBSD Project (which is also not an incorporated entity) to change the license, and it also masks the identity of the true copyright holder (the author). As we know from the issue of adjusting licenses, which has come up before, being able to easily identify the true copyright holder is very important. If assignment is desired, then copyrights can be assigned to the FreeBSD Foundation, but that requires real-world paperwork and so needs to be coordinated with the Foundation. Finally, copyright law varies by country, and many countries do not actually allow assignment of a copyright, so caution should be applied in even assuming it can be done. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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