[GHC] #740: Copyright information is wrong in some GHC source files

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#740: Copyright information is wrong in some GHC source files
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 Reporter:  guest    |          Owner:         
     Type:  bug      |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  lowest   |      Milestone:  _|_    
Component:  Prelude  |        Version:  6.4.1  
 Severity:  trivial  |     Resolution:         
 Keywords:           |     Difficulty:  Unknown
 Testcase:  N/A      |   Architecture:  Unknown
       Os:  Unknown  |  
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Comment (by tim):

 I think that as a general rule, it would be a good idea to be more careful
 about copyright assignment. This is a problem that affects lots and lots
 of open-source projects. The usual model is that when somebody commits a
 patch, they are assigning copyright to "the project" as a whole (whatever
 that might mean), but legally, this is questionable (at least from the
 perspective of US law, which is the only legal system I'm really familiar
 with.) I don't know what the right solution to this is, nor am I
 volunteering to be the one who tracks down all former contributors and
 makes sure they consent to assign copyright, I'm just pointing out that
 it's worth being careful about, especially as GHC becomes more widely
 used.

 -Tim

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