Hi; The commit [http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/evolution?limit_changes=0&view=revision&revision=36116] introduced a new copyright header for evolution/widgets/misc/e-spinner.[ch] [http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/evolution/trunk/widgets/misc/e-spinner.c?limit_changes=0&r1=36116&r2=36115&pathrev=36116] above the old copyright header, in which it claims the code is a) now licensed under LGPL 2 and LGPL 3, and b) now "Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Novell, Inc. (www.novell.com)". Both of these claims are false. e-spinner.[ch] is derived from ephy-spinner.[ch] from Epiphany, and I hold the copyright on much of the code in it. It is licensed under the terms of the GPL 2+. As you can see from e-spinner.c's svn history [http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/evolution/trunk/widgets/misc/e-spinner.c?view=log], this file was first checked into evolution in 2007, at which time it was almost identical to ephy-spinner except for the rename of the namespace from "ephy" to "e". See the attached diff from ephy-spinner to today's e-spinner after reversal of that rename to observe that the cumulative changes are trivial (not to mention partially bogus), and even if they might justify a "2007-2008" novell copyright they certainly do not justify putting the novell copyright notice above all other copyright holders and to even put a claim to be an "Author" of it! Most importantly, I was not asked for permission to re-license this code to the LGPL 2 + LGPL 3; nor have I given such permission. Please revert this unauthorised license change immediately. Christian
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