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Inconsistent copyright attribution in license #1685

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mpkorstanje opened this issue Aug 5, 2021 · 3 comments
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Inconsistent copyright attribution in license #1685

mpkorstanje opened this issue Aug 5, 2021 · 3 comments
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@mpkorstanje
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During the contributors meeting we observed that the copyright attribution in the various license files is inconsistent between projects and between reality.

I would suggest using "Cucumber Ltd and Contributors".

@mpkorstanje mpkorstanje transferred this issue from cucumber/cucumber-jvm Aug 5, 2021
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As part of SmartBear, I have to suggest to also put "SmartBear" in the copyright. I am pretty sure we will have to, in addition or in replacement of the "Cucumber Ltd" one.

However, I would encourage putting the contributors first.

Maybe we may also consider having an explicit list of contributors, in a dedicated file (CONTRIBUTORS.md?) listing all contributors - even people who have contributed a single time - to the code? Git would then help to associate contributors to line of codes if this would be required later.

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Maybe we may also consider having an explicit list of contributors, in a dedicated file (CONTRIBUTORS.md?) listing all contributors - even people who have contributed a single time - to the code?

I'd consider that another issue that can be resolved separately from or after this one.

@aslakhellesoy aslakhellesoy self-assigned this Aug 12, 2021
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For reference, Swagger (anther SmartBear open source project) uses "SmartBear Software Inc." https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/blob/master/LICENSE

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