From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blame.c: don't drop origin blobs as eagerly
Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 14:34:35 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1605281430440.4449@virtualbox> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87shx2oaaw.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
Hi David,
On Sat, 28 May 2016, David Kastrup wrote:
> > The short version of your answer is that you will leave this patch in
> > its current form and address none of my concerns because you moved on,
> > correct? If so, that's totally okay, it just needs to be spelled out.
>
> Yes, that's it. You'll notice that the code change itself is both
> minuscule as well purely functional, so it contains nothing
> copyrightable.
That is unfortunately an interpretation of the law that would need to come
from a professional lawyer. As it is, the patch was clearly authored by
you, and anybody else who would claim authorship would most likely be
breaking the law.
So I won't touch it.
Sorry,
Johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-28 12:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-27 13:35 [PATCH] blame.c: don't drop origin blobs as eagerly David Kastrup
2016-05-27 15:00 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-27 15:41 ` David Kastrup
2016-05-28 6:37 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-28 8:29 ` David Kastrup
2016-05-28 12:34 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2016-05-28 14:00 ` David Kastrup
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2019-04-02 11:56 David Kastrup
2019-04-03 7:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-03 9:32 ` Duy Nguyen
2019-04-03 11:36 ` Jeff King
2019-04-03 12:06 ` Duy Nguyen
2019-04-03 12:19 ` Jeff King
2019-04-03 12:32 ` David Kastrup
2019-04-03 11:08 ` David Kastrup
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