Discouraging contributors (Was: g++.old-deja/g++.other/anon7.C)

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jul 28, 2003, Bernardo Innocenti <bernie@develer.com> wrote:

> Do you really need 100% legal assurance for *everything* you do, even
> when the countermeasure is extremely expensive, the event is very unlikely
> and the damage you may get is insignificant?

Consider the mess that SCO is making with so-far unproved claims.
Requiring copyright assignments is a way to avoid claims that we're
careless about legal issues regarding the code we ship.

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