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Re: [patch, libffi] Sync merge libffi
On 3/4/2012 11:18 PM, Anthony Green wrote:
On 3/4/2012 10:22 PM, John David Anglin wrote:
I'm just wondering why Anthony Green and Redhat are listed as
copyright holders. I can understand the Free Software Foundation
addition since the file was contributed to it.
Simply because of changes that were made to that source file over the
years. For instance, in 2011 I made a small change to that file (ABI
check change), and the copyright notice update was largely a
mechanical byproduct (emacs mostly automates this).
I have no objection to removing this if you feel strongly about it.
My personal opinion is that it is better if open source software is not
encumbered by multiple copyright
holders. A copyright holder probably has the right to change the work's
permission notice.
Dave
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John David Anglin dave.anglin@bell.net