Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:24:06 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove non-MAINTAINERS email address references for Lennert Buytenhek. |
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> For example, whether someone does or does not use their employer's > email address in the copyright can have an impact on whether their > employer can make a claim on copyright of the work. There > are therefore real implications for what email address is there.
The invalid ones still want removing, because they may end up pointing to someone else which is worse still and could cause all kinds of problems.
Also if you want to go all legal, the email address is personal data and there is a statuatory duty within the EU for data holders to keep personal data to date 8)
Alan
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