Copyright outdated? in Cygwin/X FAQ 12.6 and not addressed in Cygwin FAQ 7.1 link

[Brian Inglis]

On 2023-02-20 15:00, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 20/02/2023 20:20, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> [Addressing to patches as that's where we'll fix it, and not a general issue.]
>>
>> Noticed that:
>>
>> https://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-copyright-cygwin
>>
>> "12.6. Who holds the copyright on the Cygwin source code?
>>
>> Red Hat owns the copyright on the Cygwin source code. Red Hat requires that 
>> copyright be assigned to Red Hat for non-trivial changes to Cygwin. You must 
>> fill out a copyright transfer form if you are going to contribute substantial 
>> changes to Cygwin."
>>
>> Has that not been assigned to the project?
>>
>> And also:
>>
>> https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.what.copyright
>>
>> "7.1. What are the copyrights?
>> 7.1.
>> What are the copyrights?
>> Please see https://cygwin.com/licensing.html for more information about Cygwin 
>> copyright and licensing."
>>
>> ->
>>
>> "Cygwin™ Linking Exception
>> As a special exception, the copyright holders of the Cygwin library"
>>
>> Is that the project?
>>
>> Or does it belong to the authors individually and/or the project or the 
>> "Cygwin authors" collectively?
>>
>> Could we please be as current and explicit as possible in the FAQs once 
>> current situation is clear and wording is agreed?

Please note above statement - I have no idea who owns the copyrights - X says RH 
- Cygwin waffles about copyright holders - nothing says who they are - I 
suggested alternatives - someone needs to tell me!

>> Thinking that Cygwin/X FAQ 12.6 should defer to Cygwin FAQ 7.1.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 12.3 and 12.6 should just be links to places where correct information can be 
> found.
> 
>> Willing to submit FAQ patches ;^>
> 
> Please do so.
> 
> Note that the source for this FAQ is docbook in [1]
> 
> [1] https://cygwin.com/git/cygwin-apps/xorg-doc.git

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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