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Use a collective copyright notice in LICENSE.txt - #77
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Replace
Copyright (c) 2015 Alexei Boroninewith:This follows the collective-notice convention described in the Linux Foundation's Copyright Notices in Open Source Software Projects. The article recommends wording such as “Copyright The XYZ Contributors.” to acknowledge contributors without maintaining individual names and year ranges. Contributors retain ownership of their respective contributions; this notice does not assign copyright to a new entity.
Only the first line of
LICENSE.txtchanges. The MIT permission and warranty terms, package author metadata, and existing file-specific notices are unchanged.Permission to replace the existing notice
The linked article also explicitly says not to change or remove someone else's copyright notice without their express written permission. Alexei Boronine should confirm permission to replace his existing notice before this PR is merged.
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LICENSE.txtchanged.git diff --check: passes.