Copyright notices (or the lack thereof) in kernel code
Copyright notices (or the lack thereof) in kernel code
Posted Oct 30, 2022 21:05 UTC (Sun) by andy_shev (subscriber, #75870)In reply to: Copyright notices (or the lack thereof) in kernel code by mtaht
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If I put a copyright notice to each file I have changed during my contribution to the Linux kernel, it will probably cover 20-25% of the entire code base (by file). Would it mean that I share a copyright of 25% of the Linux kernel and can have a big voice to rule the direction the project is going to? (It's a rhetorical Q obviously)
Posted Oct 31, 2022 6:05 UTC (Mon)
by ssmith32 (subscriber, #72404)
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You may help someone going after GPL infringement, though. If I understand the arguments being made here.
Copyright notices (or the lack thereof) in kernel code
No one is going to have a big voice in the project because of copyright. You may know more than me.. but that's just not how kernel development works, afaict.