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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

In source we typically do this:

 * Copyright (C) 2017 Leet Hacker <leet.hacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 * Copyright (C) 2017 KiCad Developers.

The user copy right is followed by the project copyright which is
updated as the file is modified by other developers.

It may also be a good idea to add the URL for the CC-BY-SA 4.0 license
to the license text.

On 6/28/2017 9:32 AM, Cheng Sheng wrote:
> Good-to-know knowledge. Thanks for the education, Javier.
> 
> So if I do some minor changes to some file with "Copyright John Smith
> 2017" and since it is minor I don't even bother adding a second line
> there, does it imply "I'm passing my copyright ownership to John Smith"
> or actually the copyright holder of these few changed lines must be
> looked up inside the VCS history? Then this copy-right line doesn't
> fully tell the copyright holder of the file anyway?
> 
> Regards,
> Cheng
> 
> On 28 June 2017 at 15:19, Javier Serrano
> <javier.serrano.pareja@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:javier.serrano.pareja@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     One more clarification: all files need a copyright notice which
>     precedes the license notice. So something like "Copyright John Smith
>     2017" and then "This work is licensed under..." The reason is
>     simple: copyrightable works start their life as "all rights
>     reserved" by default. The only person who has the right to give
>     extra permissions (such as copying, modifying, etc.) in the form of
>     a license is the copyright holder. So I cannot take any file from
>     the Internet and add a license header to it. I need to be the
>     copyright holder for that file. And it makes sense that I clarify
>     that with a copyright statement before the licensing paragraph.
> 
>     Hope it makes sense! Cheers,
> 
>     Javier
> 
>     On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Javier Serrano
>     <javier.serrano.pareja@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:javier.serrano.pareja@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>         Sorry, I forgot to answer this:
> 
>         On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Oliver Walters
>         <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx
>         <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>             Wayne, Maciej, et al,
> 
>             This has been sitting in my //todo for a while. Can I get
>             some clarification on the LICENSE issue and then I will
>             ensure it is applied to the repos:
> 
>             Am I correct in my understanding that the following text is
>             ALL that is required (placed within a LICENSE file in each
>             repo)?
> 
>                 "This work is licensed under the Creative Commons
>                 CC-BY-SA 4.0 License.
>                 To the extent that circuit schematics that use Licensed
>                 Material can be
>                 considered to be ‘Adapted Material’, then the copyright
>                 holder waives
>                 article 3.b of the license with respect to these
>                 schematics."
> 
> 
>             Or is this an addendum required to be made and I am required
>             to include the entire CC-BY-SA text?
> 
> 
>         No need to copy the entire CC-BY-SA text. The reference to it in
>         the notice we propose is enough.
> 
>         Cheers,
> 
>         Javier
> 
> 
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