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On 17/11/10 16:18, René Kjellerup wrote:

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From: "René Kjellerup" <rk.katana.steel@gmail.com
<mailto:rk.katana.steel@gmail.com>>
Date: Nov 17, 2010 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Libreoffice] [PATCH] Use a generic unxgcc.mk
<http://unxgcc.mk>
To: "Caolán McNamara" <caolanm@redhat.com <mailto:caolanm@redhat.com>>

Why the oracle copyright notice in the new file too?
Shouldn't they have a TDF notice instead ?


The whole point of a copyright notice is to say who *OWNS* the
copyright, and the date of that ownership.

Just because TDF has forked OOo doesn't mean we now legally own it.

Just asking


Doing as you suggest (removing the Oracle notice) is actually
*illegal*!!! (unless we remove all the Oracle-owned code at the same
time :-) If you don't know what you're doing, you should NEVER alter a
copyright notice - just add a new one claiming your own copyright on the
code you yourself wrote and added.

Whoops - just noticed what you said about "new" file. If it truly is
new, then no it shouldn't have an Oracle notice. However, I get the
impression that it's actually just a rename, so no, legally it isn't new.

Regards
René


Cheers,
Wol

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