[Mageia-sysadm] something to not forget in case of svn import

Tue Nov 23 11:10:24 CET 2010

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 03:35, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
+>
+> I just realized something :
+> if we do import svn from mandriva, we need somehow to keep the same
+> login, or we will end up with some confusion ( and copyright
+> misattribution, I fear ).
+>
+> For example, dams at mageia is not the same than dams at mandriva, to
+> name the first case that will likely cause trouble :/
+
+It's the same physical person here, so the same author. Only the
+context has changed (he's not employed by the same entity).
+
+The trouble would be that someone else uses the same "dams" username.
+
+Moreover, copyright attribution is time-specific. So what happened to
+code written/committed by dams before 2010 Sept. is authored by him
+and copyright exercise right is attributed to Mandriva. Code
+written/committed by dams after 2010 Sept. is his only (unless a new
+employer requires copyright attribution through contract).
+
+So I don't see a specific issue here or I did not understand it?
+
+> So, how could we do ?
+> ( I think we could rename upon import, I guess ).
+
+We can do that? (reattributing to dams at mandriva for "old" dams)
+
+Romain
+