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A template for the common case that the author is not the copyright holder is missing #101

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German copyright law (UrhG § 69b) stipulates that in an employment relationship, the author is not the rights holder, but the company/institution/institute.
-> Attribution of the copyright holder

In return, good scientific practice says that the authors/scientists of the works produced must be named.
Although this is not the main objective of REUSE, it can be covered quite easily.
-> Citation of the original author

This is a suggestion to cover both requirements in a valid REUSE format:

SPDX-FileCopyrightText: {$year_of_file_creation} {$name_of_author} <{$contact}> © {$name_of_copyright_holder}

Example:
SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "2024 Ludwig Hülk <https://github.com/Ludee> © Reiner Lemoine Institut"

Discuss and please add this to list of examples.
I would suggest to add a FAQ about this as well.

Notes:

  • Following the suggestion by Matija Šuklje to include the year
  • Use of the full name and GitHub handle as contact instead of email

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