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0 pointspalata11mo ago0 comments

> It can't just be "parts", because that obscures the authorship.

Wait. When I contribute to an open source project without signing a CLA, I keep the copyright over the lines I contributed. Still, I don't add a comment above every single line saying that it belongs to me. Nobody would accept such a contribution. Even for fairly big patches.

Are you saying that every single open source project that does not make contributors sign a CLA is doing it wrong?

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MyOutfitIsVague11mo ago

Nope, I made a mistake there. It's good practice, when copying code from software with a different license, to call out what code is copied from where, but such a thing is not mandatory.

palataOP11mo ago

So... what would be the minimal, right thing to do here?

MyOutfitIsVague11mo ago

I'd say one of the things you have suggested. Copying the license file from spegel into a SPEGEL_LICENSE file in the repository would be sufficient. So would be actually crediting the project properly in the README with something like "portions of this code were taken from the Spegel project, under the MIT license" with a following copy of the MIT license.

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0 pointspalata11mo ago0 comments

> It can't just be "parts", because that obscures the authorship.

Are you saying that every single open source project that does not make contributors sign a CLA is doing it wrong?

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MyOutfitIsVague11mo ago

Nope, I made a mistake there. It's good practice, when copying code from software with a different license, to call out what code is copied from where, but such a thing is not mandatory.

palataOP11mo ago

So... what would be the minimal, right thing to do here?

MyOutfitIsVague11mo ago

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