Re: [boost] Boost.Threads definitions.html acknowledgements

From: William E. Kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-07 09:37:08

From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
> At 09:04 AM 10/4/2002, David Abrahams wrote:
>
>  >It says at the bottom: "This document has been much improved by the
>  >incorporation of comments from William Kempf", which seems a little odd
> to
>  >me, since he's also the author.
>
> Hum... That's because I was the original author.  I've updated the
> acknowledgements appropriately.  Also the copyright.
>
> AFAIK, the rule-of-thumb for copyrights is that they are always
cumulative,
> unless specific permission is obtained to remove a copyright notice.
>
> In other words, no matter how much you modify a document, the original
> copyrights apply. Even if you remove every single word of the original
> document, its copyright still holds.  Of course you can add your own if
you
> wish, but as an addition rather than a replacement for the original
> copyright.

I totally agree.  If your copyright was removed, it was done by accident
while I was reformatting the pages for the new documentation style.  Sorry
about that.

Bill Kempf