I think you are right. Thanks for mentioning that. Cheers, Chris.
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, "Nanakos V. Chrysostomos" <nana...@wired-net.gr> > wrote: >> recently I have contributed a on-line patch [0] that resolves a >> significant and major security bug in a PAM module. I added myself to >> the >> Copyright holders of the file and added this change to the changelog >> file > > Regardless of the issue of whether you can claim copyright on a single > line > (which AFAIK has never been tested by a court) there is the issue of > whether > it's reasonable to make such a claim by community standards. > > I know that I'm not the only person here who has sent in many patches that > are > much more significant without asking for credit in the copyright file. It > seems to be a common expectation that one doesn't make such claims about > small > patches. > > Fixing security flaws is a really good thing to do. Send in lots more > patches > like that and you can count on getting a good reputation for it, even if > you > don't end up in any copyright files. > > -- > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/58456.194.177.215.120.1314366926.squir...@www.wired-net.gr
