Re: Rsync over ssh (pulling from Cygwin to Linux) stalls..

[mwoehlke <mwoehlke at tibco dot com>]

Dave Korn wrote:
> On 18 August 2006 15:26, mwoehlke wrote:
> > Dave Korn wrote:
> > > On 18 August 2006 14:31, Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) wrote:
> > > > Can anyone from RedHat acknowledge that this arrangement
> > > > would be acceptable to them? If so, that would potentially
> > > > open the door to any public domain code.
> > >   I don't suppose for one second that the RedHat legal team are actually
> > > reading this newgroup. 
> > >
> > >   *sip*
> > >
> > >   :-)
> > Yeeeeeaah, that was my thought :-)
> >
> > To answer the question, though, that's the whole point of making a
> > trivial change. My understanding 
>
>   *sip*

Was that because I answered the question, or because of the implied 
"IANAL, but..."? ;-)

> > is you can copyright that trivial
> > change, which then covers the entire work, with the exception that the
> > original PD version is still PD. 
>
>   Why wouldn't it just cover the trivial change then?

It does, and it doesn't, or so I understand. Copyright law is funny that 
way. :-) Do you *really* want me to attempt an explanation, or have you 
had enough to drink already?

> > Hmm, is there a list legal<AT>redhat<DOT>com? ;-)
>
>   Dunno.  You could always give it a try.  If what you get back has a
> disclaimer more than thirty times as big as the message body, you'll know
> you've reached a lawyer.

...and I'll be drunk, according to the latest rule. ;-)

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