Re: Source Code One Line Change [patch] and Copyright holder
I think you are right. Thanks for mentioning that. Cheers, Chris. > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, "Nanakos V. Chrysostomos" > wrote: >> recently I have contributed a on-line patch [0] that resolves a >> significant and major security bug in a PAM module. I added myself to >> the >> Copyright holders of the file and added this change to the changelog >> file > > Regardless of the issue of whether you can claim copyright on a single > line > (which AFAIK has never been tested by a court) there is the issue of > whether > it's reasonable to make such a claim by community standards. > > I know that I'm not the only person here who has sent in many patches that > are > much more significant without asking for credit in the copyright file. It > seems to be a common expectation that one doesn't make such claims about > small > patches. > > Fixing security flaws is a really good thing to do. Send in lots more > patches > like that and you can count on getting a good reputation for it, even if > you > don't end up in any copyright files. > > -- > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > My Documents Bloghttp://doc.coker.com.au/ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/58456.194.177.215.120.1314366926.squir...@www.wired-net.gr
Re: Source Code One Line Change [patch] and Copyright holder
Russell Coker, le Fri 26 Aug 2011 23:47:40 +1000, a écrit : > Fixing security flaws is a really good thing to do. Send in lots more > patches > like that and you can count on getting a good reputation for it, even if you > don't end up in any copyright files. Reputation is actually way more useful than owning copyright, yes :) Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110826135306.gs5...@type.irill.org
Re: Source Code One Line Change [patch] and Copyright holder
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, "Nanakos V. Chrysostomos" wrote: > recently I have contributed a on-line patch [0] that resolves a > significant and major security bug in a PAM module. I added myself to the > Copyright holders of the file and added this change to the changelog file Regardless of the issue of whether you can claim copyright on a single line (which AFAIK has never been tested by a court) there is the issue of whether it's reasonable to make such a claim by community standards. I know that I'm not the only person here who has sent in many patches that are much more significant without asking for credit in the copyright file. It seems to be a common expectation that one doesn't make such claims about small patches. Fixing security flaws is a really good thing to do. Send in lots more patches like that and you can count on getting a good reputation for it, even if you don't end up in any copyright files. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Bloghttp://doc.coker.com.au/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201108262347.40797.russ...@coker.com.au
Re: Source Code One Line Change [patch] and Copyright holder
]] "Nanakos V. Chrysostomos" | recently I have contributed a on-line patch [0] that resolves a | significant and major security bug in a PAM module. I added myself to the | Copyright holders of the file and added this change to the changelog file | as you can easily see in [1]. The upstream author and developer of this | software claims that I am not intended to add my name for such a small | change to the Copyright holders of the file and he should ask for legal | advise. What is your opinion? Is this right? I think he's in the right, your contribution does not really consist of any significant creative effort. I'm also unable to reproduce your bug. -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87zkiwqvmx@qurzaw.varnish-software.com
Re: Source Code One Line Change [patch] and Copyright holder
Nanakos V. Chrysostomos, le Fri 26 Aug 2011 12:50:05 +0300, a écrit : > The upstream author and developer of this > software claims that I am not intended to add my name for such a small > change to the Copyright holders of the file and he should ask for legal > advise. What is your opinion? Is this right? This is too simple a change to get copyrights on it. Even if the implication may be huge. Of course you get credits for the bug fix (thanks!), but this is not what copyright protects. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110826103645.ge5...@type.irill.org
