On 01/04/2015 06:44 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> So you think your 100 line patch should give you the same rights as the
>> > copyright holder of the 200k line project? Honestly, this argument is
>> > completely ridiculous.
> I think I should have the same rights over my 100 lines. Personally, I find
> the argument that because someone else has made a greater contribution, they
> get control over my work to be ridiculous (I didn't sign any CLAs either).
You do have the same rights over your 100 lines. You can always take your 100 lines and license it to whomever you
want under whatever terms tickle your fancy. Canonical could take their 200k lines and do the same. That's the right
copyright grants you, the CLA never takes that away and the GPL is irrelevant to that.
If your 100 line contribution is included in the project and you do not give permission for Canonical to exercise its
rights over its 200k lines, you have denied Canonical their rights and you have established (potentially malicious)
control over their work. Canonical would either need to expend resource removing the controlling code or replacing it
with some clean-room reimplementation in order to exercise their rights once more. An up-front CLA is just easier; you
either agree to it or you do not get your contribution accepted. Everybody knows where they stand from the start,
everyone is treated equally and without prejudice, and no one loses any defined rights.
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Stephen M. Webb <stephen.webb@canonical.com>
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