Re: [Nolug] RMS vs Cisco (Round 1 *ding*ding*)

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:54:03 -0600
Message-ID: <49459C9B.8010401@cox.net>

On 12/14/08 16:56, John Souvestre wrote:
> Hi Jeremy.
>
>
> > > 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?

They are all through Linux. (Though, there are also many patches
that don't have copyright notices on them, and it's why Linux could
never go to GPLv3, because every patch-writer would have to assent
to relicensing his software.)

-- 
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA
How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled?
What different abilities do I have?
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