On 12 April 2007 17:00, Paul Brook wrote: > On Thursday 12 April 2007 16:35, Dave Korn wrote: >> On 12 April 2007 16:31, Paul Brook wrote: >>>> However, bundling them all up into big patches would probably run over >>>> the size limit for "small patches that don't require paperwork". >>> >>> The size limit for non-copyrightable changes is accumulative. ie. it >>> applies the same whether changes are submitted one by one or all at once. >>> >> :) Over what period is it cumulative? Does that mean that if you submit >> an 8 line patch, that twenty years later you can't submit a 3 line patch >> without paperwork? > > I think the 12 lines is a guideline rather than a legal definition, but in > principle this would require a copyright assignment. By my reading copyright > for written work expires 70 years after the author's death.
Ah, so I could submit a 12 line patch, then 70 years after my death I'd be ok to submit another one? Makes sense to me! (Particularly on a day like today.[*]) > IANAL. We have a saying on the cygwin list.... http://cygwin.com/acronyms#YANALATEYHSMBSI :-) <- nb. smiley! cheers, DaveK [*] - Kurt Vonnegut (aka Billy Pilgrim), RIP. -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
