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Re: FW: FW: strcasestr() patch proposal
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: newlib at sourceware dot org, Olivier Langlois <olivier dot langlois at streamtheworld dot com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 19:22:43 -0400
- Subject: Re: FW: FW: strcasestr() patch proposal
- References: <20070607212019.GA25085@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20070607213733.9E8D313C14E@cgf.cx>
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 05:37:26PM -0400, Olivier Langlois wrote:
>I am no legal expert but I think that the original author keep all the
>rights on its creation.
>
>When contributing to an Open Source Project, the contribution becomes the
>project property so that the author cannot come back later and say, "I
>changed my mind, please remove my contribution from the project". Except for
>that, the author should be able to grant the right to use his creation under
>other licenses if he wishes so.
It entirely depends on the wording of the assignment.
I do know that, at the very least, having someone who is not the author
tell eveyone that the author said it was ok is not legally
binding. Sorry.
cgf