[GitHub] [incubator-nuttx] v01d commented on issue #128: IP Clearance

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v01d commented on issue #128:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/issues/128#issuecomment-691586171


   Could we start with the easy cases? I feel that reducing the size of the problem also makes it less intimidating to approach.
   We are already manually changing headers from BSD to apache for files whose authors are commiters with ICLAs so I think making an automated pass for this case should not be that hard: parse header for authors, see if all are commiters, replace with apache header. If that sounds right I can script that and give it a try.
   
   What confuses me though is that we're worrying about git authors whereas I believe that if someone contributes a file without listing themselves as the authors in the header (for the BSD case), didn't the author concede rights over the code by doing so? At least that was my understanding at the time when I submitted patches to existing files and I did not include an extra line to add me as author to every affected file. In case this is not the correct assumption, I agree that a "best effort" approach (by comparing git author to authors on header) is the only remaining possibility.


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