[Webtest] [dev] Copyright/license in source files

[Paul King]

Marc Guillemot wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the java files contain different copyright/licence references like
> 
> // Released under the Canoo Webtest license.
> 
> or
> // Copyright © 2002-2005 Canoo Engineering AG, Switzerland.
> 
> or
> // Copyright © 2004-2005 ASERT. Released under the Canoo Webtest license.
> 
> or sometimes nothing
> 
> 
> I'm not a copyright expert and I hadn't too much problems performing 
> changes in files with © Canoo but I'm a bit disturbed by © ASERT.
> 
> Should I start to add my own © ;-) or should all the files contain an 
> identical header what could be enforced by checkstyle?

Yes, some work needs to be done in the copyright/license area. There is
already a related Jira issue (WT-34) which I just appended some comments
to. Add some more comments there yourself if you wish.

My understanding is that Copyright belongs to the original authors
unless you explicitly assign it to someone else. The important thing
is the license under which it is released. Until we get some better
guidelines in place, feel free to modify any files with © ASERT.
If you feel you have made a significant contribution just add
Parts Copyright © XXX or an additional Copyright © XXX. Where XXX can be
your name or Canoo or Canoo WebTest Community. Just leave the released
under the Canoo WebTest license in place and (for now) any existing
copyright in place.

Cheers, Paul.