John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michael writes: > >> And if a patch is actually useful to a program, it should be folded >> into the actual program itself. > > Yes, but let the distribution forward it.
If the distribution claims copyright on the patch, this can prevent it from being folded into upstream (for example, for FSF-maintained software requiring assignments). And the creator of the patch himself, having his copyright assigned away to Gentoo, will no longer be able to contribute it to upstream, either. If several parties will only accept a patch accompanied with a copyright assignment, the right place to contribute and assign to, in my opinion, is upstream. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
