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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Cc: Wilko Meyer <w@wmeyer.eu>,  help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: documentation on copyright headers?
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Hi,

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 at 15:39, Wilko Meyer <w@wmeyer.eu> wrote:
>
>> - why a copyright header has to be inserted
>> - if a copyright header has to be inserted for all files that are
>>   subject to changes (is there a treshold? can it be left out for minor
>>   changes to files etc.?) of a sent patch.
>
> As a rule of thumb, each time your change is non-trivial =E2=80=93 say mo=
re than
> 5 modified or new lines in one specific file =E2=80=93 it deserves a Copy=
right
> header on that specific file.  Note that deleting only does not count,
> i.e., Copyright does not apply
>
> In the past, the project had been very permissive, where even 2 lines
> only modifying the version and checksum fields lead to hold a Copyright
> on such modification.  Now, it should be avoided, IMHO.

I think it should be avoided as well, the long list of copyrights are
already a bit messy to maintain across trees :-).

info '(maintain) Legally Significant' offers as advice that changes of
15 lines or less or not legally significant for copyright.

--=20
Thanks,
Maxim