Why not contribute? (to GCC)

[Florian Weimer]

* Richard Kenner:

> Now let's suppose some company claims my patches violate their copyright.
> What happens?  In the GCC case, they can't come to me since I no longer own
> that code.  They sue the FSF, who defends the case.  If they lose (because
> I DID, in fact, violate somebody's copyright), the FSF now has a claim
> against me for what they owe plus legal fees.  But if they WIN (because I
> DIDN'T violate the copyright), I haven't had any responsibility beyond
> possibly being a witness.

Isn't it far more likely that you would be co-defendant because your
posting to gcc-patches was a copyright violation in itself?