Re: backporting and dual-licensing
On 4/21/07, Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa@gmail.com> wrote:
My question is: What would be considered a big enough
difference/modification that X would need Y's permission for backporting
the changes?
Anything that is big enough to legally create a derivative.
1. If Y fixes a bug (of whatever severity) with a patch?
Depends on the patch. If it's only a typo then maybe not, if it's
bigger then maybe.
2. If Y makes improvements to the library by optimizing some algorithms?
Depends on the optimisations, but usually, yes.
3. If Y adds new functionality to the library?
Almost definitely.
4. If Y just restructures the library in a more efficient manner.
I'd say yes.
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