From owner-p4-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 14 12:36:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: p4-projects@freebsd.org Delivered-To: p4-projects@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 32767) id D848616A405; Mon, 14 May 2007 12:36:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: perforce@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: perforce@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE06716A402; Mon, 14 May 2007 12:36:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [209.31.154.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AFCE13C4AE; Mon, 14 May 2007 12:36:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DA5846C59; Mon, 14 May 2007 08:36:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 13:36:01 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Alexander Leidinger In-Reply-To: <20070514112457.u8e1g9mgkkw8s080@webmail.leidinger.net> Message-ID: <20070514133058.U24765@fledge.watson.org> References: <200705120849.l4C8ndlC079878@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070514112457.u8e1g9mgkkw8s080@webmail.leidinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Roman Divacky , Perforce Change Reviews Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 119718 for review X-BeenThere: p4-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: p4 projects tree changes List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 12:36:04 -0000 On Mon, 14 May 2007, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Roman Divacky (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