[Git][debian-gis-team/libapache2-mod-tile][master] Corrected copyright information based on commits in upstream

Felix Delattre debian at xama.nu
Thu Aug 27 09:48:57 BST 2020


On 8/27/20 8:47 AM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> On 8/27/20 10:42 AM, Felix Delattre wrote:
>> Corrected copyright information based on commits in upstream
> 
> While somewhat admirable that you go through the upstream commits for
> copyright claims, that is not needed.
> 
> You only need to collect the copyright claims from the source.
> 
> If authors didn't bother to claim copyright in the files in question, it
> doesn't need to be recorded in d/copyright. They may have chosen to
> disclaim their copyright, or the changes were trivial and not eligible
> for copyright.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Bas
> 

ok, I'm fine with it. Knowing most of the individuals personally, I don't see this list reflecting the attribution everybody gave to it.
But then, if they want, they can fix it upstream.

Best,
Felix



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