From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:38:53 +0300 From: Alexey Tourbin To: ALT Devel discussion list Message-ID: <20101123013853.GE26538@altlinux.org> References: <1289923002-14132-1-git-send-email-kirill@shutemov.name> <1289923002-14132-9-git-send-email-kirill@shutemov.name> <20101122054916.GB22001@altlinux.org> <4CEA6347.10803@rambler.ru> <20101123004827.GD26538@altlinux.org> <20101123005622.GA7637@altlinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101123005622.GA7637@altlinux.org> Subject: Re: [devel] [PATCH 8/8] set.c: update copyright notice X-BeenThere: devel@lists.altlinux.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: ALT Linux Team development discussions List-Id: ALT Linux Team development discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:38:53 -0000 Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 03:56:22AM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 03:48:28AM +0300, Alexey Tourbin wrote: > [...] > > The question is then what's the enough amount of work to become > > a copyright holder. I believe that one has to write a distinct > > piece of code that's not been written before, and the code should > > exercise a distinct feature or trait that's not been available > > before. Trivial changes, including trivial bugfixes, do not amount > > for authorship and/or copyright. > > http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Legally-Significant GNU criteria are somewhat controversial. 1) "more than around 15 lines" is not a definition, and it won't stand in court. 2) "minor changes by the same person can add up to a significant contribution" is morally wrong. As if I can make a significant contribution by constantly reindenting the code, back and forth. I agree that some calculations might be going on here, but I don't believe that a series of trivial contributions could've summed up to a non-trivial one. My own criteria is as follows: 1) Show me the piece(s) of code that you've actually written. 2) Show me how it makes a difference.