Re: Simplify license headers

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 12:24 AM Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote: > > > No, this case cannot be made. You are likely mixing up licensing and > copyright here. Licensing (in the absence of a CLA) follows the > inbound=outbound principle, i.e., it is understood that inbound > contributions are made under the same terms as the outbound license. > However (in the absence of a copyright assignment agreement) each > contributor retains copyright for their contributions. > > > > I'm certainly not confusing licensing and copyright, Nikita, and with due > respect - you don't know what you're saying for a fact, neither does > anybody really, as I'm not aware it's ever been tested in court. We have > purposely included the copyright notice on each and every file, and whether > adding code to such files out of one's free will constitutes written > consent or not is at the very least debatable (and potentially has > different answers depending on the jurisdiction). > > > > And while this may not bother you personally, this discussion comes up > every single year when the inevitable year increment PRs start rolling in.. > The most recent one for 2019 is > https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/3730, > which triggered this mail. I am rather predisposed against commits that > touch a large part of the codebase to make a change that is not just wholly > unnecessary, but also legally extremely dubious. > > > > If the yearly sed annoyance is the true source of the issue then let's go > with one of the proposals made on that thread – i.e. use "-present" or just > "(c) The PHP Group" without years. > Okay, let's change it to "(c) The PHP Group" then. While that doesn't make it right, it does remove my main annoyance. Nikita