On Mon, 29 Jan 2018, Tignor, Tom wrote:

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> 	Yes, by “meta-data” in this case I meant the commit comments. I 
> provided those with my original patch message and can send them again if 
> needed. So would it work to remove the Akamai header lines and maintain 
> the “meta data” I provided in the commit comments and release notes?

Yes that is fine.




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> On 1/28/18, 9:52 PM, "Steve Singer" <steve at ssinger.info> wrote:
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>    On Tue, 23 Jan 2018, Tignor, Tom wrote:
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>    >    We don't normally list contributors in the copyright section. The copyright
>    >    to PostgreSQL global development group is intended to cover all
>    >    contributors.
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>    > ttignor – I’ve gone a few rounds on this with our opensource group. As I
>    > understand the issues, there is a choice to either maintain or assign away
>    > the Akamai copyright for the code I wrote.  Per our previous discussion,
>    > we’re maintaining the Akamai copyright. This is accomplished by header
>    > comments and/or some meta-data in the patch. If the header comment is a
>    > problem, then the patch meta-data becomes essential. If slony1-hackers can
>    > agree on exactly what copyright changes are needed, I can take them back
>    > to Akamai opensource. --------
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>    I am not exactly sure what you mean by meta-data. Can you explain?
>    We can provide credit in the commit comments and release notes.
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>    Slony follows the same principal as the main postgresql source code.
>    This is sort of discussed at
>    https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ#Do_I_need_to_sign_a_copyright_assignment.3F
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>    Slony contributors maintain the copyright to their contributions.  The
>    credit at "Copyright (c) 2003-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group"
>    As I understand it, the 'PostgreSQL Global Development Group" does not exist
>    as a legal entity.  By contributing your code to slony you share in the
>    copyright with all the other contributors.  You become one of the rights
>    holders (in effect part of PGDG).
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>    I am not a lawyer or copyright expert. The above is just my attempt
>    paraphrase things and should not be taken with any legal significance.
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>    I wouldn't have a problem with changing the date in the copyright notice
>    from 2003-2009 to 2003-2018. The issue is with listing each contributor
>    in each file.
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>    Steve
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