[REUSE] - Author Statement

[Nico Rikken]

Hello Rohit,

Thanks for using REUSE.

Can you provide some examples to make it more concrete? You can
anonimise it of course.

Legally the author (or contributor) and copyright are different. The
author has done the contribution, but especially in a work context
whether consultancy or employment the company is typically the
copyright holder. For individual contributors making the contribution
on their own behalf, the copyright is typically with that person. More
on this in the FAQ https://reuse.software/faq/#copyright-holder-author

The safest option is to keep things as close to what they where, so the
conversion to REUSE/SPDX on introduces the most minimal change. As
suggested in the
FAQ https://reuse.software/faq/#edit-copyright-and-licensing  This can
for instance manifest itself in having different copyright header
styles because each author might have a different way or preference to
state their copyright https://reuse.software/faq/#copyright-symbol

Feel free to follow up if you are left with some further questions

Best,
Nico Rikken
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