Paul,
Close enough, looks like we're done. No need to credit me, but that's up to
you!
Looking forward to the rebase and, I guess, a 7/ff branch :-)
Lou
On February 26, 2016 5:34:34 AM Paul Jakma <p...@jakma.org> wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016, Lou Berger wrote:
the rest of the thread and language has gotten a bit hard for me to
parse. How about the following:
+You may choose to document your applicable copyright claims. For new
+files, the standard way is to add a string in the following format near
+the beginning of the file:
+
+ Copyright (C) <Year> <name of person/entity>[, optional contact details]
+
+When adding copyright claims for modifications to an existing file,
+please preface the claim with "Portions: " on a line before it and
+indent the "Copyright ..." string. If such a case already exists, add
+your indented claim immediately after. E.g.:
+
+ Portions:
+ Copyright (C) <Year> <Entity A> ....
+ Copyright (C) <Year> <Your details> [optionally, a few word
+ description of the modification.]
Ammending my local commit with that (and tweaking last bit to fit on one
line), I get:
From a97ec792178057cfb0f5d16a5e4303230247bfd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Jakma <paul.ja...@hpe.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:45:31 +0000
Subject: HACKING: Document how to add standard copyright claims to files
* (REQUIRED READING) Copyright claims may be documented in the standard way,
with a "Copyright ..." line near the beginning of the file.
Incorporating suggestions and refinements from:
Lou Berger <lber...@labn.net>
diff --git a/HACKING.md b/HACKING.md
index 7a5d973..8f69d24 100644
--- a/HACKING.md
+++ b/HACKING.md
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ be _explicitly_ stated with the contribution. A
"Signed-off-by" line is
_not_ sufficient. The "Signed-off-by" line is not used by the Quagga
project.
+You may document applicable copyright claims to files being modified or
+added by your contribution. For new files, the standard way is to add a
+string in the following format near the beginning of the file:
+
+ Copyright (C) <Year> <name of person/entity>[, optional contact details]
+
+When adding copyright claims for modifications to an existing file, please
+preface the claim with "Portions: " on a line before it and indent the
+"Copyright ..." string. If such a case already exists, add your indented
+claim immediately after. E.g.:
+
+ Portions:
+ Copyright (C) <Year> <Entity A> ....
+ Copyright (C) <Year> <Your details> [optional brief change description]
+
GUIDELINES FOR HACKING ON QUAGGA {#sec:guidelines}
================================
regards,
--
Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org @pjakma Key ID: 64A2FF6A
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