Hi All,
We need to start thinking of Quagga's copyright.
As we all know, the exisiting Zebra, zebra-pj, and Quagga code is
copyright
Copyright (C) 1996, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Kunihiro Ishiguro
I recommend that this get changed to the following:
Copyright (C) 2003 The Quagga Project
Portions Copyright 1996, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Kunihiro Ishiguro
on ALL files!
I also recommend that we place on the Quagga website the following
statement:
"All patches submitted for inclusion into Quagga become copyright
The Quagga Project"
If we get a developer who wishes to retain copyright on his submission,
we can easily issue a special dispensation to him, and add his name into
the Copyright as a separate "portions of" line. Obviously everyone will
be credited in the changelog, etc.
It is important that we start the process now of establishing that there
is a separate and distinct copyright on the "old" Zebra code, and all future
code that is added to Quagga.
While it won't matter much in the beginning, this will matter very much
later on. If we ever have to deal with an infringement case, (either
as defendant or plantiff) trying to go backwards from some future date
and establish who owns what is like trying to unbake a cake.
Image for example if someone successfully sued Kunihiro for infringing
on their code in Zebra. We definitely want to establish now what
code is "ours" and thus wouldn't be required to be removed.
Ted
We need to start thinking of Quagga's copyright.
As we all know, the exisiting Zebra, zebra-pj, and Quagga code is
copyright
Copyright (C) 1996, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Kunihiro Ishiguro
I recommend that this get changed to the following:
Copyright (C) 2003 The Quagga Project
Portions Copyright 1996, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Kunihiro Ishiguro
on ALL files!
I also recommend that we place on the Quagga website the following
statement:
"All patches submitted for inclusion into Quagga become copyright
The Quagga Project"
If we get a developer who wishes to retain copyright on his submission,
we can easily issue a special dispensation to him, and add his name into
the Copyright as a separate "portions of" line. Obviously everyone will
be credited in the changelog, etc.
It is important that we start the process now of establishing that there
is a separate and distinct copyright on the "old" Zebra code, and all future
code that is added to Quagga.
While it won't matter much in the beginning, this will matter very much
later on. If we ever have to deal with an infringement case, (either
as defendant or plantiff) trying to go backwards from some future date
and establish who owns what is like trying to unbake a cake.
Image for example if someone successfully sued Kunihiro for infringing
on their code in Zebra. We definitely want to establish now what
code is "ours" and thus wouldn't be required to be removed.
Ted