From 665d8d7da838b12be0f08eaf6197e05306f59c9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John-Paul Smith Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:15:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Correct copyright notice, with explanation Questions have arisen over the OpenFX copyright notice on more than one occasion (#110, #206). CONTRIBUTING.md now includes the correct copyright notice and explanation of why it is used. Signed-off-by: John-Paul Smith --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 8c28f207c..3ef0a4ee5 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -273,9 +273,19 @@ All new source files should begin with a copyright and license stating: // // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause - // Copyright (c) Contributors to the OpenFX Project. + // Copyright (c) OpenFX and contributors to the OpenFX Project. // +Prior to becoming an ASWF project, OpenFX was controlled by The Open Effects +Association, a legal entity which had been assigned copyright in the original +contributions by a variety of companies and individuals. When the project +transferred to ASWF, these copyrights were assigned to a new legal entity, +OpenFX a Series of LF Projects, LLC (abbreviated to "OpenFX" in the notice). +In line with ASWF principles, new contributions do not require a copyright +assignment, but our copyright notice reflects this mixed history, and is +applied consistently across the project to avoid confusion when code is moved +between old and new files. + #### Third-party libraries The standard itself should not depend on any third-party library or