Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Christof Petig copyright on include file, - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Christof Petig copyright on include file,
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Msg-id 20060309100807.GB29152@svana.org
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Christof Petig copyright on include file,  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove Christof Petig copyright on include file,  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 05:31:47PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> We should not have individual copyrights to individuals in our source
> tree.  If Jan's is in there, it should be removed too (with his
> approval).  The only copyright holder should be PostgreSQL Global
> Development Group.

Err, to do that someone would need to collect copyright assignments (ie
signed documents) from every single contributer, including people no
longer associated with the project. That is something you can do if you
start doing it when the project starts but it way too late for that
now.

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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