On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>> > Seems we either have to contact the author or rewrite the file.
>>
>> Why? Even if the text is removed, he will still own the copyright, as
>> is the case for any patch submitted because we don't have any form of
>> copyright assignment.
>
> True, but their names on these files is bound to confuse legal folks
> looking at the code. I got a private email about these copyrights last
> week from a _very_ large company, which is how they came to my
> attention.
I'm not saying we shouldn't remove the text, but there's no need to
rewrite the code.
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Dave Page
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