[logback-dev] Copyright headers

[ceki]

On 15.06.2012 11:12, ceki wrote:
> My apologies for not clarifying this before. As you are probably
> aware, the CLA [1] assigns copyright of your contributors to QOS.ch
> (see section 2). Thus, it makes sense to state QOS.ch as the copyright
> holder and not each individual contributor. To be blunt, QOS.ch cannot
> release software for which it does not hold copyright. Of course, the
> various @author tags and commit history reveal the actual authors,
> pursuant the authors' moral rights [2].

Bertrand Delacretaz correctly pointed out that by signing the logback
CLA [1], contributors *grant* copyright to QOS.ch, they do not
*assign* it. The difference is subtle but important. The contributor
continues to hold his or her previous copyrights to the contributed
work. I am sorry for the incorrect wording in my previous message
(quoted above).

[1] http://logback.qos.ch/cla.txt

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