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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d58f8edd36eff155f061e84229dc035a71ea5cd7f0fa622bdd1a5dd0%40%3Clegal-discuss.apache.org%3E
Some general comments on that thread:
"It would be more accurate to say that Gregory Nutt *claims* copyright
over the whole code. However, the facts you give — that he reviewed
contributions, committed them, and slapped his own copyright notice on
top — do not imply that the copyright notice is accurate." -- That has
never happened. I insist that contributions of new files have the copy
right notice and author on them. I have never "slapped" my on copyright
on anything.
"* the Foundation claims copyright on the _distribution_ rather than the individual
files/contributions/commits. ... If we accept that GNutt did the same, then we're good to
go. (I can't answer that statement)" -- There are copyrights ONLY on individual
files. There is no copyright at all on the distributions. Modifications to files do not
change the copyright by default UNLESS the commit/patch modifies the copyright.
Basically copyright claims are managed entirely be the people that create and modify the
code and no one else.
"If there's someone else who holds a significant copyright interest — e.g., if
someone contributed large amounts of code that were merged without significant alteration
— then SGAs from that party would be required too."
In the nuttx/ repository, there are a total 10,626 .c and .h files with copyrights in
the header (which should be all of them). Build-related files may also have
copyrights but are excluded here. I hold the copyright on 8,328 of them (78%). Sony
holds the copyright 401 files on (<4%) and Pinecone holds the copyright on 86
(<1%). That accounts for 82% of such files. Looking at the remaining files, I do
no see anyone holding large number of copyrights. Perhaps Nick Johnson who did the
original math library? I doubt any there is any other copyright holder that exceeds
the 1% range.
The apps/ directory should be similar, but I did not look at it.
"Might be worth asking Gregory Nutt if there was a NuttX contributor's agreement
(expressed or implied) that assigned copyright. My employee agreement assigns copyright,
for example." -- No, no contributor agreements.
