Definition of "Prominent notice" of changes to source files

[Greg Brown <gk...@mac.com>]

Hi all,

I'm wondering what qualifies as "prominent notices stating that You changed the files" as defined by the Apache license agreement. A developer recently forked the Pivot codebase, and the only change we have seen to the headers is that the developer added himself to the copyright. To me, this doesn't seem like a prominent notice of change. Is the developer required to be more specific, or is adding his name sufficient? Is he even allowed to claim copyright of the source in this case?

Thanks,
Greg Brown
Pivot Project Lead



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Re: Definition of "Prominent notice" of changes to source files

[Robert Burrell Donkin <rd...@apache.org>]

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Greg Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm wondering what qualifies as "prominent notices stating that You changed the files" as defined by the Apache license agreement. 
> A developer recently forked the Pivot codebase, and the only change we have seen to the headers is that the developer added 
> himself to the copyright. To me, this doesn't seem like a prominent
notice of change. Is the developer required to be more specific,
> or is adding his name sufficient? Is he even allowed to claim
copyright of the source in this case?

AIUI this is an interesting legal question and IANAL :-)

detailed copyright law differs by jurisdiction, and changes which are
copyrightable in one jurisdiction may not be in another.
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/ is a good resource and IIRC has some
good recommendations on issues like these.

- - robert
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