Originally posted by funkSTAR
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A quote from http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux....26/focus=81281:
[...]
COPYRIGHT
I think this issue is best dealt with on the side - it has no bearing
on any of the really contentious points here.
I note that the owners of the copyright on udev have announced to the
world that (emphasis mine):
You may modify your copy or copies of the Library or ANY PORTION OF
IT, thus forming a work based on the Library, and copy and distribute
such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above,
provided that you also meet all of these conditions...
None of those conditions included keeping the copyright line intact.
[...]
COPYRIGHT
I think this issue is best dealt with on the side - it has no bearing
on any of the really contentious points here.
I note that the owners of the copyright on udev have announced to the
world that (emphasis mine):
You may modify your copy or copies of the Library or ANY PORTION OF
IT, thus forming a work based on the Library, and copy and distribute
such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above,
provided that you also meet all of these conditions...
None of those conditions included keeping the copyright line intact.
[...]
https://plus.google.com/115547683951...ts/dARyF4UbXzf
Most who responded to the g+ thread above, agree that removing the previous copyright notices is not right.
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