Ask HN: When should you add a contributors name to a copyright notice?

6 pointsby hallowtechabout 12 years ago

When someone contributes to an open source project, at what point should their name be added to the copyright notice for the file(s) they edited?

1 comment

shrughesabout 12 years ago

Right away, or never, if they never bothered to put it in, or only if they made substantial contributions to the code. It doesn't really matter.