[Ohrrpgce] SVN: james/12130 Normalize the copyright header on source files

[James Paige]

How about:

Copyright 1997-2020 James Paige, Ralph Versteegen and the OHRRPGCE
Developers

Having "Hamster Republic Productions" in there is was just meaningless
fluff, because I haven't kept the fictitious business name registration for
it current. I let it expire somewhere around 2007 or so (I don't remember
exactly)

Having our real names there is good, because without a proper legal
umbrella organization, our names are where the copyright should actually
be. Saying "the OHRRPGCE Developers" is a decent shorthand to acknowledge
that there are others too. We could add a COPYRIGHT.txt file that describes
contributions in more detail, which I think is a good idea for our
relicensing plans anyway.

If you would rather not have your name in there in the header, it is up to
you, but you've written so much code you definitely deserve it if you want
it :D

On Sat., Dec. 19, 2020, 6:11 p.m. Ralph Versteegen, <teeemcee at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm pleased to see the old file headers replaced.
> But I wanted to discuss what the copyright line should be. I've never been
> inducted into the Hamster Republic and don't think it describes the set of
> contributors to the project. And nobody has ever been asked to
> assign/transfer their copyrights in their contributions to you or HR, so
> they still possess them (and their permission is needed to relicense). I
> also don't think I need to be credited as co-maintainer.
> I suggest something like:
>  Copyright 1997-2020 James Paige and the OHRRPGCE Developers
>  Copyright 1997-2020 the OHRRPGCE Developers and Hamster Republic
> Productions
>  Copyright 1997-2020 James Paige, Hamster Republic Productions and the
> OHRRPGCE Developers
>
> I also see some inconsistencies still exist, so I'm going to fix those now
> without changing the copyright. (gitk makes it very easy to compare each
> file, I just hold down left mouse button and drag over each file in the
> changeset).
>
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 at 09:49, <subversion at hamsterrepublic.com> wrote:
>
>> james
>> 2020-12-19 12:49:12 -0800 (Sat, 19 Dec 2020)
>> 77
>> Normalize the copyright header on source files
>> Deprecate the self-deprecation
>> ---
>> U   wip/attackedit.bas
>> U   wip/backends.bas
>> U   wip/bcommon.bas
>> U   wip/bcommon.bi
>> U   wip/bihead.txt
>> U   wip/bmod.bi
>> U   wip/bmod.rbas
>> U   wip/bmodsubs.bas
>> U   wip/bmodsubs.bi
>> U   wip/browse.bas
>> U   wip/cglobals.bi
>> U   wip/common.bi
>> U   wip/common.rbas
>> U   wip/common_menus.bas
>> U   wip/const.bi
>> U   wip/custom.bas
>> U   wip/custom.bi
>> U   wip/customsubs.bi
>> U   wip/customsubs.rbas
>> U   wip/distribmenu.bas
>> U   wip/distribmenu.bi
>> U   wip/drawing.bas
>> U   wip/editedit.bas
>> U   wip/editedit.bi
>> U   wip/editrunner.bas
>> U   wip/editrunner.bi
>> U   wip/enemyedit.bas
>> U   wip/flexmenu.bi
>> U   wip/formationedit.bas
>> U   wip/game.bas
>> U   wip/game.bi
>> U   wip/gglobals.bi
>> U   wip/globalstredit.bas
>> U   wip/heroedit.rbas
>> U   wip/itemedit.bas
>> U   wip/loading.bi
>> U   wip/loading.rbas
>> U   wip/lumpfile.bas
>> U   wip/lumpfile.bi
>> U   wip/mapsubs.bas
>> U   wip/menuedit.bas
>> U   wip/menus.bas
>> U   wip/menus.bi
>> U   wip/menustuf.rbas
>> U   wip/miditest.bi
>> U   wip/misc.bas
>> U   wip/moresubs.rbas
>> U   wip/music_native_subs.bi
>> U   wip/oldhsinterpreter.bas
>> U   wip/pathfinding.bas
>> U   wip/plankmenu.bas
>> U   wip/purchase.rbas
>> U   wip/reload.bas
>> U   wip/reload.bi
>> U   wip/reloadedit.bas
>> U   wip/reloadedit.bi
>> U   wip/reloadext.bas
>> U   wip/reloadext.bi
>> U   wip/relump.bas
>> U   wip/savegame.rbas
>> U   wip/scrconst.bi
>> U   wip/scriptcommands.bas
>> U   wip/scriptedit.bas
>> U   wip/scripting.bas
>> U   wip/sdl_lumprwops.bas
>> U   wip/shopedit.bas
>> U   wip/sliceedit.bas
>> U   wip/sliceedit.bi
>> U   wip/slices.bas
>> U   wip/slices.bi
>> U   wip/specialslices.bas
>> U   wip/subs4.bas
>> U   wip/testgame/autotest.rpg
>> U   wip/textboxedit.bas
>> U   wip/thingbrowser.bas
>> U   wip/unlump.bas
>> U   wip/util.bas
>> U   wip/util.bi
>> U   wip/walkabouts.bas
>> U   wip/yetmore2.bas
>>
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