From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 23:00:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE2FE106567A; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:00:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7394F8FC1A; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:00:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n0MMw6Tb054105; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:58:06 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:58:45 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20090122.155845.-928179489.imp@bsdimp.com> To: rwatson@FreeBSD.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <200901220621.n0M6LU5v002745@svn.freebsd.org> <20090122.104114.1927899760.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, jeff@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r187580 - head/tools/sched X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:00:46 -0000 In message: Robert Watson writes: : On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, M. Warner Losh wrote: : : > In message: <200901220621.n0M6LU5v002745@svn.freebsd.org> : > Jeff Roberson writes: : > : Author: jeff : > : Date: Thu Jan 22 06:21:30 2009 : > : New Revision: 187580 : > : URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/187580 : > : : > : Log: : > : - Update my copyright. : > : +# Copyright (c) 2002-2003, 2009, Jeffrey Roberson : > : > Stylistically, this should be 2002-2009. We don't need to list each and : > every year, so the project's policy is to list the earliest and the latest : > year. : > : > See, for example, http://www.oppedahl.com/copyrights/ for the reasoning : > behind this. : : 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. True, but that's a fairly rare circumstance relative to the project as a whole. Warner