diff COPYRIGHT @ 32599:e9b4440718fe

propagate from branch 'im.pidgin.pidgin' (head eb9385f349a20856b9d3f9911dbc8024caa44052) to branch 'im.pidgin.cpw.qulogic.gtk3' (head 7bf97aeb425e36184faa985828f5fa8de8edafe8)

--- a/COPYRIGHT	Wed Jul 29 04:17:40 2009 +0000
+++ b/COPYRIGHT	Wed Aug 19 00:44:02 2009 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple
-Copyright (C) 1998-2009 by the following:
+
+This file is intended to be a comprehensive list of contributors to
+this project.  If you have contributed to this project then you deserve
+to be on this list.  Contact us (see: AUTHORS) and we'll add you.
 
-If you have contributed to this project then you deserve to be on this
-list.  Contact us (see: AUTHORS) and we'll add you.
+Many open source projects list contributor names at the top of each
+source file containing their contribution.  However, we've found
+that it is difficult to keep this list accurate, especially when old
+code is removed or existing code is moved to a different file.  So
+instead we chose to list a generic message at the top of each source
+file that points here.
+
+If concerns are raised as to the copyright holder of a particular
+piece of code, then that code should be traced through our version
+control system to see from where it came and who has modified it.
+
+Copyright (C) 1998-2009 by the following:
 
 Saleem Abdulrasool
 Dave Ahlswede