Re: Does NetBSD require a copyright assignment?

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2025 at 08:56:49AM -0400, Charles wrote:
> Does NetBSD require a copyright assignment?

No, only a suitable license.

> I am struggling to find code that was contributed directly to NetBSD
> source tree where the author holds their copyright.

I guess the details are shady to mere mortal developers who have not
been at law school :-)

Everyone with a commit bit is member of TNF, so having TNF hold the copyright
is quite natural. And usualy developers just copy the boilerplate from
some existing file and just modify year(s) and name.

Martin