[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1377?page=comments#action_12422783 ] Daniel John Debrunner commented on DERBY-1377: ----------------------------------------------
The ASF claims copyright on the distribution, the collection of many contributions from many, so that is one case where Copyright [yyyy] The Apache Software Foundation is correct (though I'm not a laywer). It's interesting to read through the discussion in legal-disucss archives, follow the first [1] link Jean gave. One reading could be that notices of the form: Copyright [yyyy] The Apache Software Foundation are being removed from source files because they are legally incorrect, no copyright assignment at ASF. Since Derby is a somewhat new project it has been following the newer policy( that Andrew pointed out) and thus has legally correct notices: Copyright 1997, 2004 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable. Removing these might require the permission of the actual copyright holders, which might be a pain to track down as to who has copyright on each file (allowing multiple holders per file). The new ASF policy does allow copyright notices to be left in the header (but would prefer not to). > Update copyright headers to comply with new ASF policy > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: DERBY-1377 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1377 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Documentation > Affects Versions: 10.2.0.0 > Reporter: Jean T. Anderson > Assigned To: David Van Couvering > Priority: Blocker > Fix For: 10.2.0.0 > > > A new copyright header policy will take effect for distributions released > starting on Sep 1, 2006. Committers will receive notification, but a heads up > with details is in the legal-discuss thread starting with > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200606.mbox/[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > Date was 1-Aug-2006, is now 1-Sep-2006: > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200607.mbox/[EMAIL > PROTECTED] -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
