[Savannah-dev] sv_register_discard

[Loic Dachary]

        Hi,

        Regarding copyright notices for files contributed to Savannah,
you must state that you are the copyright holder. Unless you've properly
assigned copyright for your work to the FSF (which is possible), you
are the copyright holder of new files, not the FSF. The license notice
that you include shows that the file is released under the GNU GPL and
this is enough of a protection. Since you're doing this work on your
spare time, no employer can claim that he is the copyright holder and
we are safe.

        The primary reason for assigning all copyright to the FSF is
to allow her to better defend it when a violation occurs. However, in
the case of Savannah, VA Software is the copyright holder of most of
the files and this strategy cannot be implemented. There is therefore
little interest in assigning copyright to the FSF in this specific case.

        Cheers,

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