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RE: [RFA] C++ language compatibility in sources [was RE: Add missing casts in gengtype-lex]
On 12 April 2007 17:00, Paul Brook wrote:
> On Thursday 12 April 2007 16:35, Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 12 April 2007 16:31, Paul Brook wrote:
>>>> However, bundling them all up into big patches would probably run over
>>>> the size limit for "small patches that don't require paperwork".
>>>
>>> The size limit for non-copyrightable changes is accumulative. ie. it
>>> applies the same whether changes are submitted one by one or all at once.
>>>
>> :) Over what period is it cumulative? Does that mean that if you submit
>> an 8 line patch, that twenty years later you can't submit a 3 line patch
>> without paperwork?
>
> I think the 12 lines is a guideline rather than a legal definition, but in
> principle this would require a copyright assignment. By my reading copyright
> for written work expires 70 years after the author's death.
Ah, so I could submit a 12 line patch, then 70 years after my death I'd be
ok to submit another one? Makes sense to me! (Particularly on a day like
today.[*])
> IANAL.
We have a saying on the cygwin list....
http://cygwin.com/acronyms#YANALATEYHSMBSI :-) <- nb. smiley!
cheers,
DaveK
[*] - Kurt Vonnegut (aka Billy Pilgrim), RIP.
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