[m-users.] Legalese in ODBC library

[Mark Brown]

Hi Volker,

On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 11:29 PM Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm done with writing the first version of a thread-safe ODBC library, which
> is derived from the "extra" ODBC library.
>
> Now, there's this at the top:
>
>
> %---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> %
> % Copyright (C) 1997 Mission Critical.
> % Copyright (C) 1997-2000, 2002, 2004-2006, 2010 The University of
> Melbourne.
> % Copyright (C) 2017-2018, 2020, 2023 The Mercury team.
> % This file is distributed under the terms specified in COPYING.LIB.
> %---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> %
> %
> % File: odbc.m.
> % Authors: Renaud Paquay (rpa at miscrit.be), stayl.
> % ODBC version: 2.0.
>
>
> How should this part be adjusted, such that both the Mercury Team and I are
> credited? Can I add another "Copyright" line? I'm not a lawyer... I don't
> want to claim more of the credit than I'm entitled to.

Adding another copyright line should be fine - I believe each just
asserts part ownership if multiple lines are given, without implying
any proportion.

>
> But about half of the code is mine, and the rest is adjusted code from the
> "extra" ODBC library.

That's definitely enough to warrant appending your name to the
"Authors" and adding the extra copyright line, in my view.

Cheers,
Mark

>
>
> Cheers,
> Volker
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