[Desktop Help] Copyright Issue - Clarification Needed

[Doug Smythies]

On 2014;01.13 13:06 Greg Beam wrote:

> I put 4 examples (there may be more) in a single image for ease of
> understanding (not high quality, but enough for illustration).

> Image Link: http://imagebin.org/286644

> The four variants I've found thus far, in Ubuntu Help r331 are:

> #1 Ubuntu Help: No declaration at all.

> #2 Ubuntu Help: KI7MT method, <license> tag no legal.xml

> #3 Ubuntu Help: Gnome method, legal.xml link

> #4 Ubuntu Help: Gnome method, personal copyright.

First and foremost, we should strive for consistency across the
entire document.

Secondly, in a linux environment, it makes no sense to me at all
that there is a copyright notice on some pages. (example: #4)

That being said, I like #3 best.

However, and just to complicate things, I really like how
Gunnar Hjalmarsson is doing his "edited by" note, when
required:

   <credit type="editor">
     <name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
   </credit>

... Doug