[legal-discuss] Copyrights and License Headers in source files

Mark Washenberger mark.washenberger at markwash.net
Tue May 21 16:07:51 UTC 2013


> So it's not exactly removing the notices, and we would not do it if the
> affected entity formally objected to it. The reason I'm asking is that
> it seems to be the only practical way to operate, since some entities
> already declared that they agree with it only if *all* copyright notices
> are moved.
>

I'm curious if anyone here knows legal reasons why it makes sense to
provide this restriction ("don't remove my notice unless you remove all
other notices from the file as well"). It sounds fair, but since no notice
is required to retain copyright I'm not sure I really "get" it.
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