man-pages-6.14 released

[Alejandro Colomar]

Hi Andries,

On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 02:08:11AM +0200, Andries E. Brouwer wrote:
> I think you are too sloppy.

Anyone's welcome to send a patch if they have more time for that.  I'm
rather busy, and don't think this is priority #1.  It is important, I
don't say it's not; I've taken a long time to make the change, indeed;
I need a long time to partially revert it too.

> Do you not recall the SCO saga?
> There a big legal conflict arose over copyright ownership.
> Something is still visible on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO–Linux_disputes
> Maybe this ancient matter has still not been completely settled.
> 
> Copyright is a legal matter, not something where convenience plays a role.
> In principle you need permission of everyone involved, and not only that,
> but you must be able to prove in court that everyone did give this permission.
> So one needs written permission.

I do have written permission from around a third of the contributors.
Of course, I'll ask Michael to reply in written too.

> (And in what jurisdiction? Copyright details differ between countries.)
> Some original copyright holders are no longer alive, and the rights
> have been inherited.
> Life is much easier if you regard those copyright sentences as fossils
> carried over from earlier to later versions. And leave them verbatim.

Well, hopefully we can minimize the amount of fossils.  Which I've
achieved, as I managed to get written permission from about a third of
the contributors.  So, I'm happy about the results.  Even if some of
those fossil lines will be put back, I've removed a large part of them
forever.

> 
> Andries

Have a lovely day!
Alex

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