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

[mwoehlke <mwoehlke@tibco.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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