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Date:      Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:55:09 +0100
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, jeff@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r187580 - head/tools/sched
Message-ID:  <9bbcef730901221255u5767d16bo230da23542a171d7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901221846230.66510@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <200901220621.n0M6LU5v002745@svn.freebsd.org> <20090122.104114.1927899760.imp@bsdimp.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901221846230.66510@fledge.watson.org>

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2009/1/22 Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>:

> FWIW, the one case where I don't really do that is when I worked on some
> code on my own and hence hold the copyright for it, then did some work under
> a contract for a customer on it such that they own the copyright on
> enhancements, and then I do some further work on my own.  In that case, I'll
> leave a discontinuity to reflect the fact that the copyright on changes made
> in the gap were assigned elsewhere.  Not clear this is the right thing to
> do, but I'm fairly sure at least some of my customers are more comfortable
> with that as it leaves no confusion in the source as to which bits they
> sponsored/own.

Of course this is purely cosmetic as "one year" is a terrible
granularity for commits to a moving target :)

(i.e. legally it's worthless information)



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