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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Abusive copyright removal
From:       "C. Boemann" <cbo () boemann ! dk>
Date:       2010-03-29 21:57:20
Message-ID: 201003292357.20243.cbo () boemann ! dk
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On Monday 29 March 2010 23:35:58 Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Monday 29. March 2010 22.21.03 Pierre wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > It is not the first time that I see this occurring, but it appears that
> > Thomas Zander has removed some copyright notices in the source code.
> > I send this email publicly because that behaviour is just dangerous. If
> > it was a mistake, then I would really like to understand how it could
> > happen. The latest abusive copyright removal was in commit r1108276. A
> > previous one was noticed by Sebastian Sauer months ago, I'm sorry I had
> > to purge my archives because they started taking too much space so I
> > can't provide any commit revision...
> > So please, Thomas, can you explain why you do this ?
> 
> Hmm, do you really think this tone is needed or productive?
> 
> If you think this was removed in error please tell us what copyright you
>  still own in that file.
> 
Thomas, the burden on proof is on you. If you want to remove someone from 
copyrights, I expect you to come up with an extensive case study, presented 
here on the mailing list and asking the person in question beforehand. And 
certainly not hidden away in a big commit where it's not even mentioned in the 
commit message.

If Pierre have even a single comma left in the file his copyright is still 
applicable. Even without the original code some other code might be based on 
it. Once the copyright has been added it can not be removed. Removing it 
constitutes property theft!

I consider this is a very serious issue.

Best regards
Casper
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