On 03-09-2007 18:12, [email protected] wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:03:07 +0200, Marc Espie said:
>
>> Look at the situation: Reyk Floeter writes some code, puts it
>> under a dual licence, and goes on vacation.
>>
>> While he's away, some other people (Jiri, for starters) tweak the
>> copyright and licence on the file he's mostly written. Without asking
>> Reyk. Without even having the basic decency to wait for him to be
>> around.
>
> And we collectively told Jiri where to stick that.
Are you sure everybody told the same then?
>
> So let's recap:
>
> 1) Jiri submitted a borked patch that changed the licenses.
> 2) We didn't accept said patch.
> 3) There's then a whole big fuss about a *NON EXISTENT PROBLEM*.
>
> I could see where the *BSD people could complain if we had *accepted and
> distributed* said patch. But it was wrong, we recognized it was wrong,
...
Probably there would be no problem if it were like this (...plus maybe
some usual s-word...).
Regards,
Jarek P.
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