[m-users.] Legalese in ODBC library

[Volker Wysk]

Am Samstag, dem 30.12.2023 um 00:46 +1100 schrieb 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.

Okay. Then I'll release it soon. Meanwhile, I've worked on the types that
can be returned from a query. That's about done. So I'll upload it to
Gitlab.

Cheers,
Volker