[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 Isaac Dupree):

 okay, there's a difference between assigning copyright to someone, and
 releasing something under a license less restrictive than the (U.S.)
 default.

 If the code is actually legally all BSD-licensed (no matter who owns the
 copyright; licenses are irrevocable by default), all users have to do is
 follow those simple terms, and they can't be sued. (well, not
 successfully, anyway.  But it's possible to sue anyone for anything or
 nothing at all in an attempt to cause financial harm.)  The risk is that
 some contributor didn't legally actually agree to using the BSD license
 (which is a less drastic step than handing over copyright to someone else;
 it doesn't require copyright transfer papers).  Does anyone know of any
 example in an open-source project where this risk actually happened /
 caused trouble?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/740#comment:7>
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