Ask HN: When should you add a contributors name to a copyright notice?

6 pointshallowtech13y ago1 comments

When someone contributes to an open source project, at what point should their name be added to the copyright notice for the file(s) they edited?

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Right away, or never, if they never bothered to put it in, or only if they made substantial contributions to the code. It doesn't really matter.

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6 pointshallowtech13y ago1 comments

When someone contributes to an open source project, at what point should their name be added to the copyright notice for the file(s) they edited?

Right away, or never, if they never bothered to put it in, or only if they made substantial contributions to the code. It doesn't really matter.

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