[bug#47086] [PATCH] gnu: tig: Update to 2.5.3.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

"jgart" <jgart@dismail.de> skribis:

> I discussed this further with LibreMiami members and we are thinking about 
> the following solution to
> this issue:
>
> We would still author commits as LibreMiami with our group email, 
> packaging-guix@libremiami.org.
> All the co-authors would be listed in the commit body, as usual.
>
> LibreMiami would not be mentioned in any copyright statements going forward. 
> Instead, we would add the
> copyright statement for each contributor at the top of the file. 
>
> We might have several individuals contributing in one packaging session. 
> Would this pose any issues?

Nope, that sounds good!

BTW, note that “trivial” changes (usually considered as “less than 10
lines”; a package update definitely falls into that category) are not
even copyrightable.

> For example, there's a possibility that we might have 10 new contributors in 
> one packaging session and therefore 10 new copyright statements at the top of 
> source code files that might get introduced in that one session alone. 
>
> This was one of the main reasons why we collectively agreed on adding 
> LibreMiami's copyright statement to the top of source code files.
>
> What are your thoughts on this matter? Should I move this to a mailing list 
> discussion?

I see.  If there are literally ten people for each packaging patch you
submit, that could be a lot.

The other option obviously is to register LibreMiami as a non-profit, to
have its members formally assign it copyright on their work, at which
point “copyright LibreMiami” makes perfect sense.

HTH!

Ludo’.