Hi Jeremy.
 > In the context of this discussion, for the purpose of brevity, it is
 > assumed that when someone is writing a patch, they have been given
 > permission to do so.   We are not making the assumption that all
 > software authors given permission to patch.   Perhaps that clarifies it.
No, it doesn't.  Most copyrights I have seen do not totally give up this right.
You can't say this and continue to talk about the GPL license, for example.
 > > 1)  Have you ever seen a copyright/license/EULA for a patch?
 > 
 > Yes, I see them constantly.
And do any say that the patch is owned by someone different than the owner of
the program being patched?
 > > 2)  What makes one EULA "commercial" and another not?
 > 
 > What makes it "commercial" or not is irrelevant.
Your terminology.  My point was that is no such thing as a "commercial" subset
of EULAs.  
Regards,
John
   John Souvestre - Integrated Data Systems - (504) 355-0609
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