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Němec writes:
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ChangeLog entries synched from GNU Emacs are the property of the FSF.
> Other ChangeLog entries are usually the property of the author of the
> change.
>
> <GPLV3 or later permission text>
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>
> This is one case where an assignment policy would make things a lot
> more pleasant!
I don't see how? ISTM it's just the same as with any other kind of
change or contribution.
It's a one-off, not a continuing advantage. Doing ChangeLogs right
would involve mentioning the copyrights of all contributors, which
would make them about 10% longer, I'd guess. Nor is there any usable
evidence in the VCS log about ChangeLogs for non-committer
contributors, as it's very often the case that the committer wrote the
ChangeLog. So getting all the relevant copyright information would be
a real drag for ChangeLogs, more so than the change itself (where the
ChangeLog normally identifies the copyrightholder of the change).
With the assignment policy, there's only one to mention, and no
committer vs. contributor ambiguity is moot.
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