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Re: Source Code One Line Change [patch] and Copyright holder



Nanakos V. Chrysostomos, le Fri 26 Aug 2011 12:50:05 +0300, a écrit :
> The upstream author and developer of this
> software claims that I am not intended to add my name for such a small
> change to the Copyright holders of the file and he should ask for legal
> advise. What is your opinion? Is this right?

This is too simple a change to get copyrights on it. Even if the
implication may be huge. Of course you get credits for the bug fix
(thanks!), but this is not what copyright protects.

Samuel


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