[discuss] Re: Patch acceptance [Was: Has sun sacked half its developers?]

2005-04-25 Thread Andrew Brown
Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Sounds like it. I had no idea that there were frequent releases. Where > would I find it? Seeing frequent updates would be a good step towards > encouraging greater community participation. > > Pavel Janik's site has them

[discuss] Re: Patch acceptance [Was: Has sun sacked half its developers?]

2005-04-25 Thread Andrew Brown
Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Whooo hoo, you get to keep the copyright for your own work. > Now that's a selling point > Well, actually, it is. People who publish intellectual property very seldom get to keep the copyright in it. Journalists don't, fo

[discuss] Re: Patch acceptance [Was: Has sun sacked half its developers?]

2005-04-25 Thread Andrew Brown
Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > The JCA might be easier to sell if people are allowed to get started on > simpler, self-contained components first. You could say, for example, > that add-ons don't require the JCA, but contributions to the core do. > Of c

Re: [discuss] Re: Patch acceptance [Was: Has sun sacked half its developers?]

2005-04-25 Thread Daniel Carrera
Andrew Brown wrote: But then I'm a writer. I do deals with my copyrights every day and I still can't understand how a _joint_ copyright assignment can be unacceptable. If I give you a joint copyright over my work, you can do anything you want with it, including things I might not like. If I am t

Re: [discuss] Re: Patch acceptance [Was: Has sun sacked half its developers?]

2005-04-25 Thread Daniel Carrera
Andrew Brown wrote: Well, actually, it is. People who publish intellectual property very seldom get to keep the copyright in it. Journalists don't, for sure. Paid developers don't. If I were paid, that would be different. Cheers, Daniel. --