Look at David's comment on the Jira Item: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ESME-47?focusedCommentId=12729407&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#action_12729407
D. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Related to ESME-47, I had a look at the current codebase, and many > source files include > > Copyright 2008-2009 WorldWide Conferencing, LLC > > In their license header. > > According to > http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#header-existingcopyright, > such copyright notices should go away for code that is developed at > the ASF. > > The copyright notice could go to a NOTICE file if desired, to indicate > that parts of ESME are copyrighted by the above company, but having it > in source files is wrong as those files get edited by various people > over time, and committers retain the copyright on their contributions > [1], so the copyright on the individual source files is a mixture of > the different contributions. > > I think those notices where all committed by dpp, David do you agree > to remove them? > And do you want the copyright to be mentioned in the NOTICE file? > > I'm happy to supply a patch that removes the notices, for you to > commit, if that helps. > > -Bertrand (incubation mentor hat on) > > [1] See http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt - committers grant a > copyright license to the ASF but retain copyright on their > contributions >
