On 2023-02-20 15:00, Jon Turney wrote:
On 20/02/2023 20:20, Brian Inglis wrote:
Hi folks,
[Addressing to patches as that's where we'll fix it, and not a general issue.]
Noticed that:
https://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-copyright-cygwin
"12.6. Who holds the copyright on the Cygwin source code?
Red Hat owns the copyright on the Cygwin source code. Red Hat requires that
copyright be assigned to Red Hat for non-trivial changes to Cygwin. You must
fill out a copyright transfer form if you are going to contribute substantial
changes to Cygwin."
Has that not been assigned to the project?
And also:
https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.what.copyright
"7.1. What are the copyrights?
7.1.
What are the copyrights?
Please see https://cygwin.com/licensing.html for more information about Cygwin
copyright and licensing."
->
"Cygwin™ Linking Exception
As a special exception, the copyright holders of the Cygwin library"
Is that the project?
Or does it belong to the authors individually and/or the project or the
"Cygwin authors" collectively?
Could we please be as current and explicit as possible in the FAQs once
current situation is clear and wording is agreed?
Please note above statement - I have no idea who owns the copyrights - X says RH
- Cygwin waffles about copyright holders - nothing says who they are - I
suggested alternatives - someone needs to tell me!
Thinking that Cygwin/X FAQ 12.6 should defer to Cygwin FAQ 7.1.
Yes.
12.3 and 12.6 should just be links to places where correct information can be
found.
Willing to submit FAQ patches ;^>
Please do so.
Note that the source for this FAQ is docbook in [1]
[1] https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/xorg-doc.git
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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