From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Scott McNutt Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:41:13 -0400 Subject: [U-Boot] Rejected: PATCH Nios2 kernel bootstrap error due to missing processor data cache flush: fix In-Reply-To: <20090722094127.GV20598@leila.ping.de> References: <49DF39CD.9010202@imagos.it> <4A6602C3.2050007@psyent.com> <20090722094127.GV20598@leila.ping.de> Message-ID: <4A67BFB9.5070801@psyent.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Wolfgang Wegner wrote: > Dear Scott, Wolfgang, > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:02:43PM -0400, Scott McNutt wrote: >> ... for a two line bug fix? >> >> This is hardly a valid reason to claim copyright on the module. >> >> This practice will only discourage the contribution of original work >> to the project. Nobody wants to have their work hijacked in such a >> manner. > > So you really think your practice will encourage anybody to submit a > clean patch for a bug he spent days (or weeks) to find? Many contributors have done so, many times, for many years, across many different architectures, myself included. The amount of time I have spent doing so is insignificant when compared to the benefits I have enjoyed from the generous contributions of _others_. It's one of the small ways I can express my gratitude for the privilege of using such contributions. But this is all irrelevant and off point, no? I am very happy to hear that someone can benefit from the code I spent many, many weeks to develop in my spare time ... code that I have offered freely. So don't enjoy the benefit, then claim co-ownership after adding two lines. At the very best, that's presumptuous. And yes, if that was considered accepted practice, I doubt I'd make any significant original contributions again. Best Regards, --Scott