> > Although just one remark like this is enough to cover all your work, > > we would still have to check with you that code (and help text) was > > actually written by you. That you created the pull request is not > > sufficient for that, you could have included code suggested by > > others. > > I guess it the depends how granular we want to go. If there is a big > inclusion it should always be marked in the commit message (like > "vim-patch: ..." or "co-authored by", or "vendored library code" or > something like that). But most pull requests will contain suggested > changes by others of individual lines of code or documentation, it > depends if one considers copyright applies to such small changes. I > guess no one really bothers about that.
We can assume that it is very unlikely we actually run into trouble. Therefore I tend to keep things informal: "Did you write that yourself?" "Yes!" "OK, thanks." If someone lies it's not my problem :-). And the difference between copy/pasting code and writing it yourself is always very blurry. > > Was there ever a discussion on the Neovim project to use a dual > > license for new code? > > I guess we should ask @justinmk about that. Once Neovim had a CLA for > relicensing, but we dropped it, because we thought it was not worth > the effort, and it could be interpreted as not allowing vendored code, > or something. A CLA only makes sense if you use it from the very start of a project, so that all the code is owned by "the project". When only part of the code has that label, which is certainly the case for Vim and Neovim, I don't see what good that does. We're stuck with the current license. The only thing you need to worry about is not including code that has a stricter license than Vim's, e.g. if it is GPL. -- Due knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl miss steaks. /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/201908081049.x78AnkdH011391%40masaka.moolenaar.net.
