Dmitry Borodaenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AD>>> I don't think its reasonable to expect me to keep track of every > AD>>> single change I've ever made; > DB>> Did you notice that I limit this to _published_ modifications? > AD> Sorry, I missed that. However, I've certainly sent various people > AD> random patches (is that published?); > > IANAL, but I think it only qualifies for distribution, not for > publishing. Whoever chooses to claim copyright on the patch and publish > it, should take responsibility for keeping track of it. >
Incidentally, the distinction between "making a change" and "distributing a change" is important, and I think that's the point DB was trying to make. It would seem extremely onerous if people had to distribute source to everything they change on their own machine. Lex
