Re: Personal Copyright Notices

Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> The ISN copyright looks like this:
>
> * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Germ<E1>n M<E9>ndez Bravo (Kronuz)
> * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2010, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
>
> Interestingly, he mentions himself and PGDG both in the copyright, which
> makese this less of an issue. Looking at the ISN code, it appears he
> was the creator of the original file:
>
> revision 1.1
> date: 2006/09/09 04:07:52; author: tgl; state: Exp;
> Add contrib/isn module for ISBN/ISSN/EAN13/etc product numbers, and
> remove the old isbn_issn module which is about to be obsoleted by EAN13.
> contrib/isn is by Germ<E1>n M<E9>ndez Bravo. Our thanks to Garrett A.
> Wollman for having written the original isbn_issn module.
>
> and he asked about his copyright mention as part of the patch
> discussion:
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-09/msg00794.php
>
> I never saw the issue actually addressed and the copyright line was committed.
> Do people think it is acceptable?

I received email permission from German Mendez Bravo to just mention him
as the /contrib/isn author, and remove the "copyright" word. Change
commited.

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